The Origins Space Telescope: Mission concept overview
Paper in proceeding, 2018
Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only. The Origins Space Telescope (OST) will trace the history of our origins from the time dust and heavy elements permanently altered the cosmic landscape to present-day life. How did the universe evolve in response to its changing ingredients? How common are life-bearing planets? To accomplish its scientific objectives, OST will operate at mid- and far-infrared wavelengths and offer superlative sensitivity and new spectroscopic capabilities. The OST study team will present a scientifically compelling, executable mission concept to the 2020 Decadal Survey in Astrophysics. To understand the concept solution space, our team studied two alternative mission concepts. We report on the study approach and describe both of these concepts, give the rationale for major design decisions, and briefly describe the mission-enabling technology.
Author
David Leisawitz
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
E. Amatucci
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
R. Carter
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
M. Dipirro
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
A. Flores
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Johannes Staguhn
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
C. Wu
Johns Hopkins University
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
L. Allen
Harris Corporation
J. Arenberg
Northrop Grumman corporation
Lee Armus
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
C. Battersby
University of Connecticut
James Bauer
University of Maryland
R. Bell
Lockheed Martin Corporation
P. Beltran
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dominic Benford
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
E. A. Bergin
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
C. Matt Bradford
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
D. Bradley
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Denis Burgarella
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Sean Carey
Northrop Grumman corporation
D. Chi
Harris Corporation
A. Cooray
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
J. Corsetti
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Elvire De Beck
Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Astronomy and Plasmaphysics
K. Denis
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
L. Dewell
University of Maryland
M. East
Johns Hopkins University
S. Edgington
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
Kimberly Ennico
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
L. Fantano
University of Florida
G. Feller
University of Massachusetts
D. Folta
University of Tokyo
J. Fortney
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
J. Generie
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
M. Gerin
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Z. Granger
University of Maryland
G. Harpole
Harris Corporation
K. Harvey
Johns Hopkins University
F. Helmich
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
L. Hilliard
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
J. Howard
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
M. Jacoby
University of Maryland
A. Jamil
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Tiffany Kataria
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
S. Knight
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
P. Knollenberg
Harris Corporation
P. Lightsey
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
S. Lipscy
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Eric E. Mamajek
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
G. Martins
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Margaret Meixner
Johns Hopkins University
G. J. Melnick
Johns Hopkins University
S. Milam
Ball Aerospace
T. Mooney
Johns Hopkins University
S. Harvey Moseley
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
D. Narayanan
Johns Hopkins University
Susan G. Neff
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
T. Nguyen
Harris Corporation
A. Nordt
University of Maryland
J. Olson
University of Maryland
Deborah Padgett
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
M. B. Petach
Harris Corporation
S. Petro
University of Michigan
J. Pohner
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Klaus Pontoppidan
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Alexandra Pope
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
D. Ramspacher
University of California at Irvine (UCI)
Thomas Roellig
NASA Ames Research Center
Itsuki Sakon
University of Tokyo
C. Sandin
NASA Ames Research Center
Karin Sandstrom
University of California
D. Scott
University of British Columbia (UBC)
K. Sheth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
J. Steeves
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Kevin B. Stevenson
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
L. Stokowski
University of California
E. Stoneking
University of California
Kate Y.L. Su
University of Arizona
K. Tajdaran
Lockheed Martin Corporation
S. Tompkins
NASA Ames Research Center
Joaquin Vieira
University of Illinois
C. Webster
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
M.C. Wiedner
Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON)
Edward Wright
University of California
Jonas Zmuidzinas
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
0277786X (ISSN) 1996756X (eISSN)
Vol. 10698 1069815
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Austin, USA,
Austin, USA,
Subject Categories
Aerospace Engineering
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DOI
10.1117/12.2313823