Far UV; Spectro-imager; ICON mission; FUV instrument
Abstract :
[en] In the frame of the ICON (Ionospheric Connection Explorer) mission of NASA led by UC Berkeley, CSL and SSL Berkeley have designed in cooperation a new Far UV spectro-imager. The instrument is based on a Czerny-Turner spectrograph coupled with two back imagers. The whole field of view covers [± 12° vertical, ± 9° horizontal]. The instrument is surmounted by a rotating mirror to adjust the horizontal field of view pointing by ± 30°. To meet the scientific imaging and spectral requirements the instrument has been optimized. The optimization philosophy and related analysis are presented in the present paper. PSF, distortion map and spectral properties are described. A tolerance study and alignment cases were performed to prove the instrument can be built and aligned. Finally straylight and out of band properties are discussed.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Loicq, Jerôme ; Université de Liège > CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège)
Kintziger, Christian ; Université de Liège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Instrumentation et expérimentation spatiales
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