JPL, Attn: Thomas May, Mail Stop 190-205, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109-8099

A -- 1M TELESCOPE WITH DOME SOL 97/2 DUE 013197 POC Contact Point: Dr. Keith Wilson E-MAIL: CBD for 1M Telescope, keithwilson@jpl.nasa.gov. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology (JPL/CIT), operating under a prime contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), seeks to determine the interest of potential proposers for the planning, design, and construction of a 1-m class telescope, with support facility, at JPL's Table Mountain facility in Wrightwood, CA. Primary functions of said telescope are: (1) Optical communications to Earth-orbiting and deep-space laser bearing satellites; and (2) Astrometry of faint stars and asteroids. JPL contemplates that the telescope must: (1) Track at up to 2 dg/sec; (2) Tracking accuracy ~1 microrad down to 75 degrees zenith angle; (3) Operate within specification in winds up to 40 m.p.h.; (4) Support ~40 kg instrument package as Cassegrain focus; (5) Allow fiber/diode laser transmitter assembly to be coaligned with telescope receiver package; (6) Laser coupling through Cassegrain, coude or mirror support structure; (7) Configuration must allow for transmitter/receiver propagation beam isolation; (8) Operate over wavelength range 300 nanometers to 2,500 nanometers; (9) Have wide FOV finder telescope attached and be boresighted to main telescope; (10) Mirror coatings must have low absorption from 300 nanometers to 2,500 nanometers withstand open air, daytime and nighttime operations; (11) Recoating should be no more than once every 24 months; (12) Allow wide (~1 degree flat field); and (13) Image quality must be stable and reproducible to within seeing disk. Written expressions of interest should be submitted no later than 1/31/97 to: JPL, Attn: Dr. Keith Wilson, M/S 161-135, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099. Such expressions of interest should include a description of the interested party's qualifications. Prospective contractors are advised that any information provided shall be deemed to be furnished within unlimited rights to JPL. The Laboratory assumes no liability for the disclosure, use or reproduction of such data. It is emphasized that the requested information is for preliminary planning purposes only and does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that JPL will solicit you for such a procurement in the future. Neither JPL nor the Government will be responsible for any costs incurred by you in furnishing this information. No additional information is available at this time; therefore, telephone inquires will not be honored. This synopsis is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). (0014)

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