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MODHIS Achieves a Key Milestone with Successful Conceptual Design Review
October 9th, 2025 Engineering & Technology

The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) International Observatory (TIO) is pleased to announce that the Multi-Object Diffraction-limited High-resolution Infrared Spectrograph (MODHIS) has successfully completed its Conceptual Design Review (CoDR).

WFOS Preliminary Design Review 1 Successfully Completed
October 7th, 2025 Engineering & Technology

The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) International Observatory (TIO) is delighted to announce the successful completion of the Preliminary Design Review 1 (PDR-1) for the Wide Field Optical Spectrograph (WFOS), held on August 7–8, 2025, at the TIO Project Office in Pasadena, California, and via Zoom.

TIO Reaches Another Key Milestone with Tertiary Mirror Preliminary Design Success
September 17th, 2025 Engineering & Technology

The Tertiary Mirror Support System and Positioner Assembly (M3SSPA) has now successfully completed its Preliminary Design Phase after the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) was held at NOIRLab in Tucson, Arizona on August 11–12, 2025.

Seconday mirror design is approved for production readiness
June 27th, 2025 Engineering & Technology

The Thirty Meter Telescope support and positioner assembly for its secondary mirror’s design is now complete

See TIO Test its Mirror Segment Support System
November 27th, 2024 Engineering & Technology

Timelapse videos of the testing of the segment support assembly.

Keeping TMT Cool
November 7th, 2024 Engineering & Technology

TIO passed the final design review of systems designed to cool the telescope and instruments during operations.

Alignment and Phasing System Achieves Major Milestone: Advancing to Final Design Phase
September 23rd, 2024 Engineering & Technology

The Alignment and Phasing System (APS) team has progressed to the Final Design stage after successfully completing the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the APS Optical Bench and Instrument Control System (ICS).

TMT Primary Mirror Segment Control System PDR Successfully Completed
August 23rd, 2024 Engineering & Technology

The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) International Observatory (TIO) successfully completed a design review for a critical component of the primary mirror segment control system.

Successful Preliminary Design Review of TMT's Secondary Mirror Support System and Positioner Assembly
August 12th, 2024 Engineering & Technology

The TIO Secondary Mirror Support System and Positioner Assembly team successfully completed its Preliminary Design Review on 2024 July 15–17.

ITCC Delivers Production Components to TMT
June 13th, 2024 Engineering & Technology

The TIO Monrovia Lab has recently received significant shipments of 140 warping harness cables and eight segment actuators from India TMT Coordination Center (ITCC).

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