SUAVE: a UV telescope for space weather and solar variability studies

L. Damé; M. Meftah; A. Irbah; A. Hauchecorne; P. Keckhut; E. Quémerais

doi:10.1117/12.2057705

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24 July 2014 SUAVE: a UV telescope for space weather and solar variability studies

L. Damé; M. Meftah; A. Irbah; A. Hauchecorne; P. Keckhut; E. Quémerais

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Proceedings Volume 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 914431 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057705
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

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SUAVE (Solar Ultraviolet Advanced Variability Experiment) is a far ultraviolet (FUV) imaging solar telescope of novel design for ultimate thermal stability and long lasting performances. SUAVE is a 90 mm Ritchey- Chrétien telescope with SiC (Silicon Carbide) mirrors and no entrance window for long and uncompromised observations in the UV (no coatings of mirrors, flux limited to less than a solar constant on filters to avoid degradation), associated with an ultimate thermal control (heat evacuation, focus control, stabilization). Design of the telescope and early thermal modeling leading to a representative breadboard (a R and T program supported by CNES) will be presented. SUAVE is the main instrument of the SUITS (Solar Ultraviolet Influence on Troposphere/Stratosphere) microsatellite mission, a small-size mission proposed to CNES and ESA.

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L. Damé, M. Meftah, A. Irbah, A. Hauchecorne, P. Keckhut, and E. Quémerais "SUAVE: a UV telescope for space weather and solar variability studies", Proc. SPIE 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 914431 (24 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057705

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