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The Telescope Assembly WBS element encompasses the telescope mount assembly, the M1 assembly, the Top End Optical Assembly (TEOA), the Feed Optics assemblies, the System Alignment equipment, and the Acquisition System.

1.1 Telescope Mount Assembly

The Telescope Mount Assembly (TMA) WBS element encompasses the large structure that supports the optics and instruments of DKIST. It includes all the various mechanical subassemblies, bearings, controllers, drives, and equipment that are used to point, track, and slew these optics and instruments during science operations.

1.1.1 Mount Structure

The mount structure is comprised of all the major structural elements that provide support and rotation of the mirror assemblies and related instrumentation packages in azimuth and altitude. The mount is comprised of the optics support structure assembly, the mount base assembly, the azimuth track, the azimuth and altitude bearing systems, the mount access platforms, and the light baffle tube.

1.1.2 Mount Drive System

The mount drive system is comprised of the drives, amplifiers, encoders, brakes, over-travel stops, servo controllers, and other equipment used to point, track, and slew the mount in azimuth and altitude rotation.

1.1.3 Coudé Rotator Structure

The Coudé Rotator Structure is the large, single-level steel assembly that rotates about an azimuth axis inside of the Pier. It is comprised of the structural elements that support Coudé instruments and optical benches underneath the mount, the bearings that allow for rotation, and also the flooring system.

1.1.4 Coudé Rotator Drive System

The Coudé rotator drive system is the assembly of drives, encoders and controllers that allow the coudé rotator to track and de-rotate the light feed from the mount, align slits of spectrographs, and to slew to different positions during normal telescope operations.

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1.1.7 Ancillary Mechanical Equipment

The ancillary mechanical equipment is the collection of secondary equipment that is bolted to the mount and Coudé rotator structures (e.g., mirror cover, cable wraps, etc.)

1.1.8 Mount Control System

The mount control system (MCS) is the system responsible for the control and coordination of the TMA, including the mount drive system, the coudé rotator drive system, and the Nasmyth rotator drive system. It also controls the ancillary mechanical equipment, and provides interfaces for all these components to the telescope control system (TCS), the observatory control system (OCS), and the global interlock system (GIS).

1.1.9 Telescope Mount Assembly GIS Interface

The portion of the GIS associated with the TMA is distributed in two separate local interlock controllers. These LICs communicate through the safety network which is part of the GIS. These individual LICs function as independent safety systems as well as globally communicate within the GIS, providing for equipment and personnel safety.

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1.1.11 Telescope Mount Assembly Tools & Equipment

The TMA tools and equipment include specialty items required to install, align, and test the TMA in the factory and on-site. These include such things as dummy weights, precision measurement equipment, hydraulic bolt tensioners, lifting equipment, slings, come-alongs, and other "install and align" type items.

1.2 M1 Assembly

The M1 Assembly contains the M1 (primary) mirror and the M1 support system that controls its optical figure over the telescope operating conditions.

1.2.1 M1 Mirror

The M1 Mirror is the primary light-collecting mirror in DKIST.

1.2.1.1 M1 Mirror Blank

The M1 mirror blank is made of highly homogeneous low-expansion glass ceramic material with a machine-generated front and back surface ready for optical polishing and figuring.

1.2.1.2 M1 Mirror Grind, Polish, Ship

The contracted effort, beginning with the delivery of the M1 mirror blank, consisting of the generation, polishing and transport of the finished M1 Mirror to the site.

1.2.2 M1 Cell Assembly

The assembly containing the M1 mirror, M1 support system, M1 thermal control system, cooled aperture plate and M1 control system

WBS 2.0 Wavefront Correction

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