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The WFIRST-AFTA coronagraph design update
Author(s): R. Goullioud; F. Zhao; H. Tang; J. Wu
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Paper Abstract

The most recent concept for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) flight mission features a secondary, descopable, instrument that will perform exoplanet detection via coronagraphy of the host star. This observatory is based on the existing Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets (AFTA) 2.4-meter telescope. The mission will study exoplanets via coronagraphy and gravitational microlensing, probe dark energy, and survey the near infrared sky. Over the past year, the engineering team has been working with the science definition team to refine the mission and payload concepts. We present the current design of the coronagraph instrument point design.

Paper Details

Date Published: 2 August 2014
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 9143, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 91430S (2 August 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2057393
Show Author Affiliations
R. Goullioud, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
F. Zhao, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
H. Tang, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
J. Wu, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)


Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9143:
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Jacobus M. Oschmann Jr.; Mark Clampin; Giovanni G. Fazio; Howard A. MacEwen, Editor(s)

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