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TPF-C Technology Plan - Exoplanet Exploration Program - NASA

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Chapter 7<br />

7.4.4 Wavefront Sensing and Control<br />

Scope<br />

This effort includes the development and establishment of the flight baseline wavefront sensing<br />

and control architecture. Development and implementation of wavefront sensing and control<br />

methodologies on HCIT will continue in support of the pre-Phase A Milestone requirements, as<br />

well as Phase A and B plans for the HCIT. A flight baseline wavefront sensing and control<br />

architecture will be developed and established in Phase A. The selection will be based on trades<br />

between interferometric and multi-conjugate configurations for dual deformable mirror<br />

correction. Once a baseline is established, it will be implemented on HCIT. Control<br />

methodologies traceable to flight design will be developed, implemented and demonstrated. The<br />

simulated performance of the WFSC system will be flowed up to the <strong>TPF</strong> system requirements<br />

to determine the operational capacity of the observatory. The schedule for wavefront sensing<br />

and control work is given in Table 7-5.<br />

State of the Art TRL 3<br />

The HCIT has demonstrated repeatable control to λ/10 4 in a laboratory environment.<br />

Table 7-5. Wavefront Sensing and Control Schedule<br />

<strong>Plan</strong>ned<br />

Completion<br />

Date<br />

<strong>Plan</strong>ned Activities Performance Targets TRL<br />

Pre-Phase A<br />

Phase A<br />

Implement wavefront sensing and<br />

control methods on HCIT<br />

Complete trade study between<br />

interferometric and multi-conjugate<br />

systems for 2-DM<br />

Wavefront sensing and control performance<br />

consistent with HCIT pre-Phase A milestone<br />

requirements<br />

Baseline WFSC architecture selected 3<br />

3<br />

Implement flight baseline design on<br />

the HCIT and demonstrate multi-DM<br />

control algorithms traceable to flight<br />

WFSC performance consistent with HCIT Phase A<br />

performance targets<br />

5<br />

Phase B<br />

Simulate the performance of the<br />

<strong>TPF</strong>-C system<br />

Verify that the observatory operational capacity<br />

meets requirements for the baselined WFSC design<br />

5<br />

Demonstrate WFSC baseline on<br />

combined HCIT/PDS testbed<br />

WFSC performance consistent with HCIT Phase B<br />

performance targets<br />

6<br />

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