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FUTURE OF SPACE ASTRONOMY IN CANADA Space Astronomy Activities at ABB Frederic Grandmont, ABB, IAMA November 2018

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—FUTURE OF SPACE ASTRONOMY IN CANADA

Space Astronomy Activities at ABBFrederic Grandmont, ABB, IAMANovember 2018

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—Current Astronomy Projects

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WFIRST - IFS SPICA FTS Core CASTOR Optical Chain EPPE Payload

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—SPICA Scan Mechanism

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Technology Spin-off from Darwin Delay Line

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—SPICA

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Magnetic Guiding in Zero Gravity

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—Magnetic Guiding at 4 Kelvin

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Pros Cons

• Numerous harness to 4K zone

• How to cool floating mass

• 1G offload system for test

• Vibrations = strong correction current

• Elaborate control electronic (6 servos + redundancy)

• Frictionless allows nm control

• No stroke limitation (6 cm target)

• 0 hold force at any position

Canadian 2012 phase 0 study revealed several technical challenges

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Proposal to Consortium: Reactionless Stiffness Compensated Mechanism

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—New Concept Solves:

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Pros Cons

• Numerous harness to 4K zone

• How to cool floating mass

• 1G offload system for test

• Vibrations = strong correction current

• Elaborate control electronic (6 servos + redundancy)

• Frictionless allows nm control

• No stroke limitation (6 cm target) Ok for 6 cm

• 0 hold force at any positionPassive magnetic arrangement minimizes hold force(~10 x)

2018: Consortium changed SAFARI design to ABB concept

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—Stiffness Compensation

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—Nanometer-Level Light Tight Metrology

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Retro-reflector

FiberInjector

FiberCirculator

Lasersource

Detector

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—TRL Improvement Work to Mission Selection (2021)

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SPICA SAFARI Improvement still required on:

• Mass

• Power dissipation @ 4K

• Magnetic & laser disturbance to science detector

• Survivability to launch vibration (launch lock?)

• Flight electronic design

• Redundancy vs reliability

• Life testing @ 4K

• …

From demonstration prototype to being ready for FFP costing of flight deliverables

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• Inspire/attract/retain highly qualified staff (cool projects are not only in US or Europe!)

• Infuse new technologies, knowledge & test equipment through the whole supply chain

• Multi-year project brings much needed stability

• Asset for makerting & sales (conveys industrial expertise)

Space Astronomy; the (optical) Industry PerspectiveThe benefits

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• Highly Innovative each time = ++ R&D = prone to cost growth = financially risky if Firm Fixed Price

èSTDPs, Phase 0 and A are critically important to refine cost estimates

• Domestic government market by definition (e.g. Canada-Europe Trade Agreement)

è Export opportunities mainly through other application & diversification (e.g. Earth Obs.)

• Niche equipment often ~10-20 years ahead of civil applications (e.g. CCDs)

• Maintain workforce through mission gaps…

Space Astronomy; the (optical) Industry PerspectiveThe challenges

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November 7, 2018 Slide 13

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