Bertin Winlight supplies 8 mirrors to ESA’s SMILE satellite
In May 2022, Bertin Winlight was selected by the European Space Agency for the supply of eight mirrors for the SMILE (Solar-wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) satellite. Mission accomplished: Bertin Winlight has recently delivered a first batch of four...
Winlight participates in the 4MOST project with the CRAL
Being currently in development, 4MOST (4-meter Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope) is the new instrument destined to equip the VISTA telescope (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) located in Chile in the...
SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2022: Winlight to be exhibiting!
From July 17 to 22, 2022, Winlight will participate in SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation Exhibition, the most important show for providers of ground- and space-based telescopes and supporting instruments, taking place in Montréal, Québec, Canada. To...
Bertin Winlight selected by the European Space Agency to supply mirrors for the SMILE satellite
Bertin Winlight, formerly known as Winlight System, is proud to announce the signature of a new contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the supply of eight mirrors for the SMILE (Solar-wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Eplorer) satellite. Its mission: to...
Winlight produces the Mach–Zehnder interferometer by molecular adhesion for the MARBLL instrument, dedicated to the assessment of Martian wind and aerosol profiles
Winlight System produced and assembled a Mach-Zenhder interferometer by molecular adhesion for the LATMOS laboratory and the CNRS French National Centre for Scientific Research. This interferometer will be integrated into the MARs Boundary Layer Lidar* (MARBLL)...
Winlight grinds the baseplate of the near-infrared spectrometer of James Webb Space Telescope
On Wednesday, December 22, at 13H20 UTC, Ariane 5 ECA lifted off from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, successfully deploying JWST. Focus on the World’s biggest spacecraft and Winlight’s contribution. The James Webb Space Telescope...
VLT: The MUSE instrument unveils an unknown “cosmic web” in the Universe
In Spring 2021, the Very Large Telescope (VLT), equipped with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer MUSE, captured the first direct image of a myriad of unsuspected dwarf galaxies: a remarkable discovery for the European Southern Observatory (ESO)! Located in Chile,...
Very Large Telescope Subaru: A spectrograph of Winlight’s PFS instrument captures a sky spectrum for the first time
In late April 2021, the SuNSS spectrograph that comprises the PFS instrument (Prime Focus Spectrograph), has captured a night sky spectrum for the very first time. A very important milestone has thus been reached for the Kavli Institute for Physics and Universe...
Winlight System et le CNRS s’allient pour promouvoir la recherche, les études, la conception et la fabrication de composants dédiés aux optiques à haute performance
Signature du LabCom NANO PtoV le mardi 16 novembre 2021 dans les locaux de Winlight System (Pertuis)Antoine Petit (Président Directeur Général du CNRS) et Philippe Godefroy (Directeur Général chez Winlight System) Paris/Marseille, le 17 novembre 2021 Winlight System,...
Mars 2020: successful landing of Perseverance rover & Winlight’s optical components!
On February 18, 2021, (Paris Time), after “seven minutes of terror”, NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter landed unscathed on Jezero crater, following a 490-million-kilometre journey. On July 30, 2020, the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity...
Mars 2020: NASA launches successfully the Perseverance rover equipped with the Supercam instrument and Winlight’s optics
On July 30, 2020, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA successfully launched both Perseverance robotic rover and Ingenuity helicopter using an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Landing is planned for February 18, 2021, in...
“First light” for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI)
End of October 2019, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) installed on the Mayall Telescope has trained its network of 5,000 optical fibre “eyes” to see its “first light”. DESI is currently undergoing a series of tests, before starting scientific...