Rendering of the coating chamber for TMT’s Secondary and Tertiary mirrors.
TMT Segment Support Assembly (SSA) below hexagonal glass segment. SSAs will hold in place each one of TMT 492 primary mirror segments.
TMT science operations include activities and user services cycling from proposal submission to the preparation and execution of observing programs, and finally process and archive of the data collected at the telescope.
Diagram showing the coordination of the various teams involved in supporting TMT operations over a 24h cycle.
This figure shows the transition from construction to operations through subsystem Fabrication/Integration and Testing (INT), Construction, Assembly, Integration and Verification (CAIV), Science and Operations Commissioning (SOC) and the period of early operations leading to steady-state operations (some acronyms are used to denote different levels of reviews: Pre-Shipment Review (PSR), Site Acceptance Review (SAR), Final Acceptance Review (FAR) and Science Readiness Review (SRR)).
This Figure shows the various activities involved in the maintenance and cleaning of TMT optics, with their duration and the number of personnel allocated. This is a preliminary allocation which will be updated as the workflows are finalized.
Secure handling of a finished roundel in the preparation for transportation to TMT’s warehouse.
On-site source inspection of a new TMT roundel produced by Coherent, Inc.
Part of TMT's Segmented Primary Mirror, showing the close packing of the glass segments
Test setup to develop tooling and cutting parameters for hexing of TMT's Primary Mirror glass
TMT Mirror Shipping activity in the Bay Area Six TMT Primary Mirror blanks arrive at Coherent and are ready to enter the shop, June 10, 2021.
TMT M1 polished roundel produced at Coherent facility in California – June 2021. Another finished roundel for TMT’s primary mirror is carefully prepared for packing and shipping.
