Published July 2, 2026 | Version v1

MOSAIC at ELT: Instrument AIT options

Description

MOSAIC is the Multi-Object Spectrograph for the ESO

Extremely Large Telescope. The Laboratoire

d’Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM) is in charge of the

instrument “Assembly, Integration, Test and Verification

(AIT/V)” phases, both in Europe and in Chile, due to its

integration facilities, state-of-the-art equipment and a

permanent staff of highly skilled experts with long

experience in leading AIT/V activities for different

instruments. AITV for AO instruments, in laboratory as at

the telescope, always represent numerous technical

challenges. We already started the preparation and

planning for the instrument level AIT activities, from

identification of needs, challenges, risks, to defining the

optimal AIT strategy. In this work, we discuss our PAE test

strategy with two main options:

• “Full instrument integration and test”, including

some variations depending on the test location.

• “Distributed AIT approach”, using different

European sites and AIT facilities.

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