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TPF-I SWG Report - Exoplanet Exploration Program - NASA

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<strong>TPF</strong>-I F L I G H T B ASELINE D ESIGN<br />

5.3 Optical Beam Train<br />

5.3.1 Collector Spacecraft<br />

The beam train consists of the following main elements. First the collector telescopes, a three-mirror<br />

design. Beneath the telescope primary mirror, see Figure 5-2, are systems for maintaining pointing at the<br />

star and internal alignment and metrology systems. A deformable mirror (DM) is included in the<br />

beamtrain to allow wavefront correction; further analysis will be needed to examine the necessity for this<br />

unit and its range of operation. Following recollimation of the beam, a number of fold mirrors transmit<br />

the beam up to near the top of the telescope body and send it to the next spacecraft. The next spacecraft<br />

then relays the beam to the beamcombiner spacecraft.<br />

Cold Sunshade<br />

Deployment Booms<br />

Stray Light Baffle<br />

Payload Cryo Radiator<br />

4-m Diameter<br />

Telescope Aperture<br />

Five Layer<br />

Sunshade<br />

Warm Sunshade<br />

Deployment Booms<br />

15.3 m<br />

Body-Fixed<br />

Solar Arrays<br />

Spacecraft Bus<br />

Thruster Modules<br />

Figure 5-3. Collector Spacecraft.<br />

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