Abstract. A thin-film diffraction imaging system is a type of
space telescope imaging system with high resolution and loose surface
tolerance often used in various fields, such as ground observation and
military reconnaissance. However, because this system is a large and
flexible multi-body structure, it can produce flexural vibration easily
during the orbit operation, which has a serious effect on the attitude
stability of the system and results in low pointing accuracy. Therefore,
this study proposes an optimization method based on the Kriging model and
the improved particle swarm optimization algorithm to improve the stability and
optimize the structure of the entire system. Results showed the area–mass
ratio of the thin-film diffraction imaging system decreased by 9.874 %,
the first-order natural frequency increased by 23.789 %, and the attitude
stability of the thin-film diffraction imaging system improved.