SOFIA at full operation capability: technical performance

P Temi, D Hoffman, K Ennico, J Le - Journal of Astronomical …, 2018 - World Scientific
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), the largest airborne
observatory in the world, is in full operation capability since February 2014 and is currently …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of an overactuated deformable mirror system with unmeasured outputs

P Tacx, R Habraken, G Witvoet, M Heertjes, T Oomen - Mechatronics, 2024 - Elsevier
Next-generation deformable mirrors are envisaged to exhibit low-frequency flexible
dynamics and to contain a large number of spatially distributed actuators due to increasingly …

[PDF][PDF] 天基大口径反射镜支撑技术的发展

张博文, 王小勇, 赵野, 杨佳文 - 红外与激光工程, 2018 - researching.cn
为了满足人类对地观测和宇宙探索的更高性能要求, 空间望远镜反射镜口径已经从米级向十米量
级迈进, 呈现不断增大的趋势, 大口径反射镜支撑与反射镜面形精度和稳定性直接相关 …

Novel Pointing and Stabilizing Manipulator for Optical Space Payloads

H Zhang, Z Xu, A Xu, E Zhang - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Considering that the Line-Of-Sight (LOS) of a small optical payload is mainly connected with
the angular motions while insensitive to linear motion, a novel pointing and stabilizing …

The SOFIA telescope in full operation

A Reinacher, F Graf, B Greiner, H Jakob… - Journal of …, 2018 - World Scientific
The SOFIA telescope is a 2.5 m class Cassegrain telescope with Nasmyth focus. It is the
largest telescope ever integrated into an aircraft. The telescope is exposed to the …

3.5 m 口径空间望远镜单块式主镜技术展望

李宗轩, 金光, 张雷, 孔林 - 中国光学(中英文), 2014 - chineseoptics.net.cn
主反射镜的口径大小与结构形式在极大程度上决定了空间望远镜的技术难度与经济成本.
为了实现更高的空间分辨率与更强的信息收集能力, 各国研制的空间望远镜主反射镜的口径朝着 …

Active damping of the SOFIA Telescope assembly

PJ Keas, E Dunham, U Lampater… - Ground-based and …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The NASA/DLR Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) employs a 2.5-
meter reflector telescope in a Boeing 747SP. The telescope is housed in an open cavity and …

Dynamic modeling and vibration characteristics analysis of a large-scale photoelectric theodolite tracking frame

R Liu, H Zhang, X Wang, Q Gao, Z Liu, Y Yu, Q Wang - Machines, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, the experimental modes of a large-scale photoelectric theodolite tracking
frame are presented. On the basis of the experimental data and the gradient-less …

Preparation of the pointing and control system of the SOFIA Airborne Telescope for early science missions

U Lampater, T Herter, P Keas, F Harms… - Ground-based and …, 2010 - spiedigitallibrary.org
During observation flights the telescope structure of the Stratospheric Observatory for
Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is subject to disturbance excitations over a wide frequency …

Sensor fusion based vibration estimation using inertial sensors for a complex lightweight structure

P Kaswekar, JF Wagner - 2015 DGON Inertial Sensors and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Flexible structures with spatially distributed accelerometers are a central feature of the
“experimental modal analysis” serving to characterize the vibration properties of elastic …