DocumentCode
3591927
Title
The NIRSpec assembly integration and test status
Author
Wettemann, Thomas ; Ehrenwinkler, Ralf ; Johnson, Thomas E. ; Maschmann, Marc ; Mosner, Peter ; te Plate, Maurice ; Rodel, Andreas
Author_Institution
AIRBUS DS GmbH, Munich, Germany
fYear
2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
8
Abstract
The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) is one of the four instruments on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) scheduled for launch in 2018. NIRSpec has been manufactured and tested by an European industrial consortium led by Airbus Defence and Space and delivered to the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA in September 2013. Since then it has successfully been integrated onto the JWST Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM) and has completed ISIM Cryo-Vacuum Test#2. Since two of its most important assemblies, the Focal Plane Assembly (FPA) and the Micro-Shutter Assembly (MSA) need to be replaced by new units, we will present the status of the instrument, the status of its new flight assemblies and give an outlook on the planned exchange activities and the following instrument re-verification.
Keywords
aerospace instrumentation; astronomical telescopes; AD 2013 09; Airbus Defence and Space; European Space Agency; European industrial consortium; ISIM Cryo-Vacuum test; JWST ISIM; JWST Integrated Science Instrument Module; James Webb Space Telescope; NASA; NIRSpec assembly integration; NIRSpec test status; Near-Infrared Spectrograph; focal plane assembly; microshutter assembly; Aerospace electronics; Assembly; Detectors; Instruments; Mirrors; NASA; Optical filters;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Aerospace Conference, 2015 IEEE
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-5379-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/AERO.2015.7119321
Filename
7119321
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