INTERPRETATION OF DEFORMABLE MIRROR DEMONSTRATING MISSION (DeMi) CUBESAT: A REVIEW

Abstract

The respective paper describes the design and implementation in a multi-actuator microelectromechanical system (MEMS) based deformable mirror (DM) for the 6U CubeSat Deformable Mirror Demonstration Mission (DeMi). The Deformable Mirror Demonstration Mission (DeMi) payload will specifically imply about 140 actuator MEMS. Mainly two operational modes of DEMI payload are there, one mode that sees an internal illumination source and another manner that applies an external aperture to modify picture resolution and scale down the effects of atmospheric turbulence. DeMi is a project to demonstrate and characterize the performance of a deformable mirror in LEO on a 6U Cubesat. Space telescopes constructed with chronographs and wavefront control systems are very important to get the high contrast of 10 10 to directly image an Earth-like exoplanet around a sun-like star at optical wavelengths. The contribution of this paper is, we have studied various important parts of the Deformable Mirror Demonstrating Mission, Deformable Mirrors, and its importance. In this report, we give an overview of Adaptive optics, Optical Design, Payload, operation, power, and sensors with the help of diagrams and board.