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
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
E. Amatucci
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
R. Carter
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
M. Dipirro
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
A. Flores
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Johannes Staguhn
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
C. Wu
Johns Hopkins University
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Dominic Benford
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
E. A. Bergin
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
C. Matt Bradford
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
D. Bradley
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Denis Burgarella
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Sean Carey
Northrop Grumman corporation
D. Chi
Harris Corporation
A. Cooray
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
J. Corsetti
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Elvire De Beck
Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Astronomy and Plasmaphysics
K. Denis
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
J. Generie
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
M. Gerin
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Z. Granger
University of Maryland
G. Harpole
Harris Corporation
K. Harvey
Johns Hopkins University
F. Helmich
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
L. Hilliard
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
J. Howard
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
M. Jacoby
University of Maryland
A. Jamil
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Tiffany Kataria
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
S. Knight
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
P. Knollenberg
Harris Corporation
P. Lightsey
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
S. Lipscy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Eric E. Mamajek
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
G. Martins
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Margaret Meixner
Johns Hopkins University
G. J. Melnick
Johns Hopkins University
S. Milam
Ball Aerospace
T. Mooney
Johns Hopkins University
S. Harvey Moseley
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
D. Narayanan
Johns Hopkins University
Susan G. Neff
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
T. Nguyen
Harris Corporation
A. Nordt
University of Maryland
J. Olson
University of Maryland
Deborah Padgett
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Itsuki Sakon
University of Tokyo
C. Sandin
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
L. Stokowski
University of California
E. Stoneking
University of California
Kate Y.L. Su
University of Arizona
K. Tajdaran
Lockheed Martin Corporation
S. Tompkins
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Joaquin Vieira
University of Illinois
C. Webster
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
M.C. Wiedner
Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON)
Edward Wright
University of California
Jonas Zmuidzinas
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Published in
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
0277786X (ISSN) 1996756X (eISSN)
Vol. 10698 art. no 1069815Conference
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Austin, USA, 2018-06-09 - 2018-06-14
Austin, USA, 2018-06-09 - 2018-06-14
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Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Aerospace Engineering
Philosophy
Other Humanities not elsewhere specified
Identifiers
DOI
10.1117/12.2313823