Tech Briefs Magazine - January 2024 - PIT-2

Designing Optics
for Lunar Rovers, Satellites
and Other Space-Based
Applications
he year 2024 will be full of new satellite manufacturing,
launches and operations, with major players like Amazon
expected to start full-scale deployment of Project Kuiper
and strong demand for low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites
driving development and launches from the likes of SpaceX and
Telesat among others. This is a trend that is expected to continue
over the long term as well. In the 2023 edition of Northern Sky
Research's (NSR) Satellite Manufacturing & Launch Markets report,
the satellite market research firm forecasts over 32,500 missions
to be ordered and launched over the next decade.
Many of those new and existing satellite development projects
require specialized instruments that can survive and opT
erate
over long periods of time in space, where radiation resistance
is crucial. One type of component that is in major
demand especially for earth and weather observation satellites
is radiation resistant optics. Resolve Optics, a U.K.-based
specialized lens and optical design manufacturer, has been
responding to that demand, as they have been supplying lenses
and optical systems for space applications over the last two
decades. In just one such example, the company is currently
developing an optimized wide waveband lens for a multispectral
microscope to be used on a new solar powered lunar rover
known - Lunar Vertex - being developed by Intuitive
Machines, due for delivery and launch in 2024.
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Photonics & Imaging Technology, January 2024
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