ESA ITT AO/1-8235/15/NL/RA - FD2 - Executive Summary

The objectives of the OCS-Tech project were: oTo investigate and assess the potential of using CS technologies in future optical instruments for some space applications, and to compare them with traditional systems. oTo design a CS based optical system (at elegant breadboard level) targeting a specific space application and targeting a significant advantage with respect to a traditional counterpart. The scope of the document is to summarize the overall project' activities organised in four main Work Packages (WP): oWP1 was devoted to a detailed analysis of those space applications and optical systems that could potentially benefit from the use of CS techniques and relevant technologies. oWP2 was devoted to the preliminary design of the two selected configurations and to the analysis of their performance on the basis of a preliminary performance model developed taking into account the main system parameters. oWP3 was devoted to the detailed design of one of the two configurations and to the detailed analysis of its performance on the basis of an updated performance model. oWP4 was devoted to the critical evaluation of the detailed design and performance estimations and to outline a detailed road-map of the activities needed for the development of an Engineering Model. The roadmap included also a schedule and a development cost estimate range. Recommendations for the development activities in order to reduce the criticality and to provide confidence in the proposed implementation were finally given.