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J. Ruffa
Researcher at Goddard Space Flight Center
Publications - 7
Citations - 1127
J. Ruffa is an academic researcher from Goddard Space Flight Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope & Coronagraph. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 7 publications receiving 1088 citations.
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Wide-Field InfrarRed Survey Telescope-Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets WFIRST-AFTA 2015 Report
David N. Spergel,N. Gehrels,C. Baltay,David P. Bennett,James B. Breckinridge,Megan Donahue,Alan Dressler,B. S. Gaudi,Thomas P. Greene,Olivier Guyon,Christopher M. Hirata,Jason S. Kalirai,N. J. Kasdin,Bruce Macintosh,Warren Moos,Saul Perlmutter,Marc Postman,Bernard J. Rauscher,Jason Rhodes,Y. Wang,David H. Weinberg,Dominic J. Benford,Michael J. Hudson,W.-S. Jeong,Yannick Mellier,W. A. Traub,T. Yamada,Peter Capak,James W. Colbert,D. Masters,Matthew T. Penny,Dmitry Savransky,D. Stern,Neil T. Zimmerman,Richard K. Barry,Lisa Bartusek,Kalind Carpenter,E. Cheng,F. Dekens,Rick Demers,Kevin Grady,Carole Jackson,G. Kuan,J. W. Kruk,M. Melton,Bijan Nemati,B. Parvin,I. Poberezhskiy,C. Peddie,J. Ruffa,James Wallace,A. Whipple,Edward J. Wollack,F. Zhao +53 more
TL;DR: In 2014, the Science Definition Team (SDT) of the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission presented a design reference mission (DRM) for an implementation of WFIRST using one of the 2.4m, Hubble-quality telescopes recently made available to NASA as discussed by the authors.
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WFIRST-2.4: What Every Astronomer Should Know
David N. Spergel,N. Gehrels,James B. Breckinridge,Megan Donahue,Alan Dressler,B. S. Gaudi,Thomas P. Greene,Olivier Guyon,Christopher M. Hirata,Jason Kalirai,N. J. Kasdin,Warren Moos,Saul Perlmutter,Marc Postman,Bernard J. Rauscher,Jason Rhodes,Yun Wang,David H. Weinberg,J. Centrella,W. A. Traub,C. Baltay,James Colbert,David P. Bennett,Alina Kiessling,Bruce Macintosh,J. Merten,Michael J. Mortonson,Matthew T. Penny,E. Rozo,Dmitry Savransky,K. R. Stapelfeldt,Ying Zu,C. Baker,Edward Cheng,J. Dooley,M. Foote,Renaud Goullioud,Kevin Grady,Clifton E. Jackson,J. W. Kruk,Marie Levine,M. Melton,C. Peddie,J. Ruffa,Stuart B. Shaklan +44 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a design reference mission for the WFIRST-2.4 DRM that employs one of the 2.4m, Hubble-quality mirror assemblies recently made available to NASA.
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Wide Field Infra-Red Survey Telescope (WFIRST) 2.4-meter Mission Study
K. Aaron,L. Alplanalp,K. Anderson,R. Capps,Z. Chang,J. Dooley,R. Egerman,Renaud Goullioud,D. Klein,J. W. Kruk,Gary Kuan,M. Melton,J. Ruffa,M. Underhill,D. Van Buren +14 more
TL;DR: The most recent study of the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission is based on reuse of an existing 2.4m telescope as discussed by the authors, which is a significantly larger aperture telescope.
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MIDEX advanced modular and distributed spacecraft avionics architecture
TL;DR: MIDEX (Medium Class Explorer) is the newest line in NASA's Explorer spacecraft development program as discussed by the authors, which is designed to reduce overall spacecraft cost while increasing overall functional capability.
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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO): A systems approach to a complex mission
TL;DR: The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) as mentioned in this paper includes three advanced instruments, massive science data volume, stringent science data completeness requirements, and a custom ground station to meet mission demands, leading the SDO team to adopt an integrated systems engineering presence across all aspects of the mission to ensure that mission science requirements would be met.