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NIRSpec Flight Model Assembly


Date: 28 September 2009
Depicts: The NIRSpec flight model undergoing integration
Copyright: EADS Astrium

In this photo of the NIRSpec flight model integration, only the foreoptics - which are designed to image the curved focal plane of the optical telescope element onto the microshutter array in a telecentric manner - have been integrated to the optical bench of the NIRSpec instrument.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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