LAPYUTA (Life-environmentology, Astronomy, and PlanetarY Ultraviolet Telescope Assembly) is a proposed Japanese high-precision ultraviolet space telescope that aims to understand the “habitability of environments in space” and the “origins of structures and materials.” LAPYUTA will be the successor to the Extreme ultraviolet spectroscope for Exospheric Dynamics (HISAKI, SPRINT-A (2013–2023)) which is the world’s first space telescope dedicated to planetary observations equipped with an extreme ultraviolet spectroscope. The development for LAPYUTA began around 2018 with the goal of launching in the 2030s (Figure 1).
This coating technology, developed to increase LAPYUTA’s sensitivity, will also contribute to NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) project, which aims to launch in the 2040s.
Both LAPYUTA and HWO are planned for launch after the 2030s.
