Focal Plane Actuation to Achieve Ultra-High Resolution on Suborbital Balloon Payloads
PI: Paul Scowen, Christoper Groppi (Co-I), Arizona State University
PI: Paul Scowen, Christoper Groppi (Co-I), Arizona State University
- TA08 Science Instruments, Observations and Sensor Systems
Over the past few years there has been remarkable success flying imaging telescope systems suspended from suborbital balloon payload systems. These imaging systems have covered optical, ultraviolet, sub-millimeter and infrared passbands (i.e. BLAST, STO, SBI, Fireball and others). In recognition of these advances, NASA is now considering ambitious programs to promote planetary imaging from high altitude at a fraction of the cost of similar fully orbital systems. The challenge with imaging from a balloon payload is delivering the full diffraction-limited resolution of the system from a moving payload. Good progress has been made with damping mechanisms and oscillation control to remove most macroscopic movement in the departures of the imaging focal plane from a static configuration, however a jitter component remains that is difficult to remove using external corrections.
NASA
Technology Details
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Selection DateNRA-2-APP-E (Aug 2013)
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Program StatusWithdrawn
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Development Team
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PIPaul Scowen
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PI Organization
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Co-IChristoper Groppi
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Co-I Organization
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Sponsor