Author Affiliations
1Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710119, China2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. (a) JWST primary mirror deployed; (b) Deployment sequence of JWST in orbit
Fig. 2. Stowed and deployed configurations of LUVOIR-A (a) and LUVOIR-B (b)
Fig. 3. Segmented Mirror Telescope (SMT)
Fig. 4. (a) HOASIS in deployed configuration; (b) Primary mirror of optical instrument in stowed configuration
Fig. 5. (a) Primary and secondary mirror in stowed configuration; (b) Primary and secondary mirror in deployed configuration
Fig. 6. TU Delft DST in deployed configuration
Fig. 7. High-resolution deployable CubeSat for Earth observation
Fig. 8. (a) Optical layout of DISCIT; (b) Schematic diagram of DISCIT; (c) The stowed hinge; (d) The deployed hinge
Fig. 9. (a) Proof of concept of deployment in zero gravity; (b) Primary mirror segments deployed by compressing springs
Fig. 10. (a) The stowed DPT; (b) The deployed DPT
Fig. 11. (a) Primary mirror in stowed configuration; (b) Primary mirror in deployed configuration
Fig. 12. (a) Overview of the PRISM in orbit; (b) Flame structure of the deployable boom
Fig. 13. (a) Collapsible Dobson space telescope; (b) Deployable tube primary structure shown collapsed (left) and deployed (right)
Fig. 14. (a) Stowed configuration; (b) Deployed configuration; (c) Movement directions of components
Fig. 15. (a) Deployable barrel in deployed configuration; (b) Spring motor mounted below primary mirror
Fig. 16. Working principle of the deployment mechanism
Project | Application | Country | Launch time | Working spectrum | Aperture/m | Spatial resolution | Mass/kg | Adjustment ability | JWST | Astrophysics | USA | 2021 | 0.6-28.5 μm | 6.5 | 0.1" | 6200 | Six DOFs + radius of curvature | LUVOIR-A | Astrophysics | USA | 2039 | 0.1-2.5 μm | 15 | ≤16 milli-arcseconds at 500 nm | 27801 | Six DOFs positioning | LUVOIR-B | Astrophysics | USA | 2039 | 0.1-2.5 μm | 8 | ≤16 milli-arcseconds at 500 nm | 15132 | Six DOFs positioning | SMT | EO | USA | — | 0.4-0.7 μm | 3 | — | — | Six DOFs + face sheet actuation | HOASIS | EO | ESA | — | 0.45-0.79 μm,
MWIR, LWIR
| 7 | 2 m@36000 km | 8662 | Five DOFs | AODS | EO and Science | France | — | — | ~17 | — | — | Piston/tip/tilt | TU Delft DST | EO | Netherlands | — | 0.45-0.7 μm | 1.5 | 0.25 m@500 km | <100 | Piston/tip/tilt | HighRes | EO | United Kingdom | — | Visible | 0.3 | 0.92 m@500 km | 8 | Piston/tip/tilt | DISCIT | EO | USA | — | 0.39-0.7 μm | 0.7 | 0.5 m@500 km | ~17 | Piston/tip/tilt | OCULUS | EO | Germany | — | — | 0.26 | 1.2 m@400 km | — | Tilt | DPT | EO | USA | — | Visible | 0.2 | 1.3 m@500 km | — | Tilt | ScopeSat | EO | Poland | 2023 | Visible | — | <1 m@300-350 km | 10 | Piston/tip/tilt | PRISM | EO | Japan | 2009 | Visible | 0.09 | 30 m@660 km | 8.5 | — | CDST | EO | USA | — | Visible | 0.152 | 1.2 m@250 km | 10 | Piston/tip/tilt of the secondary mirror | Surrey DST | EO | USA | — | Visible | 0.3 | 1 m@500 km | <100 | Piston/tip/tilt of the secondary mirror | Auckland DOC | EO | New Zealand | — | Visible | 0.09 | — | — | — |
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Table 1. Some typical projects of foreign deployable space optical telescopes