An updated alignment strategy for the Off-plane Grating Rocket Experiment (OGRE)

Bridget C. O'Meara, Alexandra N. Higley, Jake A. McCoy, Randall L. McEntaffer, Aishwarya Penmetcha, James Henry Tutt

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Abstract

The Off-plane Grating Rocket Experiment pathfinder (OGRE-P) payload is a sub-orbital sounding rocket payload designed to obtain the highest resolution soft X-ray spectrum of Capella to date. OGRE was originally designed with a monocrystalline silicon X-ray optic developed by the Next Generation X-ray Optics Group (NGXO) at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). This version of OGRE will be launched in the ultimate OGRE mission, OGRE-U. OGRE-P will use the Joint European X-ray Telescope (JET-X) in place of the GSFC optic in order to achieve an earlier launch date and test other components prior to the ultimate launch. JET-X has an angular resolution of 15 arcsec, which will produce an X-ray spectrum a factor of 3 broader than the GSFC optic. An updated error budget will be presented to reflect the alignment requirements for this lower spectral resolution optic, and the expected achievable resolution will be calculated. A plan for achieving alignment within these new tolerance requirements will be explained.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAdvances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation VI
EditorsRamon Navarro, Ralf Jedamzik
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510675230
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
EventAdvances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation VI 2024 - Yokohama, Japan
Duration: Jun 16 2024Jun 22 2024

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume13100
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceAdvances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation VI 2024
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityYokohama
Period6/16/246/22/24

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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