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25 September 2017 Optical telescope refocussing mechanism concept design on remote sensing satellite
Jen-Chueh Kuo, Jer Ling
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Proceedings Volume 10562, International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2016; 105624F (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2296045
Event: International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2016, 2016, Biarritz, France
Abstract
The optical telescope system in remote sensing satellite must be precisely aligned to obtain high quality images during its mission life. In practical, because the telescope mirrors could be misaligned due to launch loads, thermal distortion on supporting structures or hygroscopic distortion effect in some composite materials, the optical telescope system is often equipped with refocussing mechanism to re-align the optical elements while optical element positions are out of range during image acquisition. This paper is to introduce satellite Refocussing mechanism function model design development process and the engineering models. The design concept of the refocussing mechanism can be applied on either cassegrain type telescope or korsch type telescope, and the refocussing mechanism is located at the rear of the secondary mirror in this paper. The purpose to put the refocussing mechanism on the secondary mirror is due to its higher sensitivity on MTF degradation than other optical elements.

There are two types of refocussing mechanism model to be introduced: linear type model and rotation type model. For the linear refocussing mechanism function model, the model is composed of ceramic piezoelectric linear step motor, optical rule as well as controller. The secondary mirror is designed to be precisely moved in telescope despace direction through refocussing mechanism. For the rotation refocussing mechanism function model, the model is assembled with two ceramic piezoelectric rotational motors around two orthogonal directions in order to adjust the secondary mirror attitude in tilt angle and yaw angle. From the validation test results, the linear type refocussing mechanism function model can be operated to adjust the secondary mirror position with minimum 500 nm resolution with close loop control. For the rotation type model, the attitude angle of the secondary mirror can be adjusted with the minimum 6 sec of arc resolution and 5°/sec of angle velocity.
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Jen-Chueh Kuo and Jer Ling "Optical telescope refocussing mechanism concept design on remote sensing satellite", Proc. SPIE 10562, International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2016, 105624F (25 September 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2296045
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KEYWORDS
Space telescopes

Telescopes

Mirrors

Optical instrument design

Satellites

Ceramics

Modulation transfer functions

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