The Large UV/Optical/Infrared Surveyor (LUVOIR): Decadal Mission concept technology development overview

Matthew R. Bolcar

doi:10.1117/12.2273853

5 September 2017 The Large UV/Optical/Infrared Surveyor (LUVOIR): Decadal Mission concept technology development overview

Matthew R. Bolcar

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Proceedings Volume 10398, UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes and Instruments: Innovative Technologies and Concepts VIII; 103980A (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2273853
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2017, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Large Ultraviolet / Optical / Infrared (LUVOIR) Surveyor is one of four large mission concept studies being developed by NASA for consideration in the 2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey. LUVOIR will support a broad range of science objectives, including the direct imaging and spectral characterization of habitable exoplanets around sun-like stars, the study of galaxy formation and evolution, the epoch of reionization, star and planet formation, and the remote sensing of Solar System bodies. The LUVOIR Science and Technology Definition Team (STDT) has tasked a Technology Working Group (TWG), with more than 60 members from NASA centers, academia, industry, and international partners, with identifying technologies that enable or enhance the LUVOIR science mission. The TWG has identified such technologies in the areas of Coronagraphy, Ultra-Stable Opto-mechanical Systems, Detectors, Coatings, Starshades, and Instrument Components, and has completed a detailed assessment of the state-of-the-art. We present here a summary of this technology assessment effort, as well as the current progress in defining a technology development plan to mature these technologies to the required technology readiness level (TRL).

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Matthew R. Bolcar "The Large UV/Optical/Infrared Surveyor (LUVOIR): Decadal Mission concept technology development overview", Proc. SPIE 10398, UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes and Instruments: Innovative Technologies and Concepts VIII, 103980A (5 September 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2273853

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