The invention discloses an optical 
system for a space astronomical observation infra-red 
telescope, which comprises a reflection-type focal-free main optical 
system (1), a single-axis 
scanning mirror (2) and a subsequent imaging optical 
system (3), wherein in the reflection-type focal-free main optical system (1), 
ray is incident into a reflexing mirror (6) via an eccentric light through hole after being successively reflected by a main mirror (4) and a 
secondary mirror (5), and is reflected into the single-axis 
scanning mirror (2) successively by the reflexing mirror (6) and a 
prism (7); the single-axis 
scanning mirror (2) ensures that the aiming line of the optical system of the space astronomical observation infra-red 
telescope is constant by one-dimensional linear scanning; the incident 
ray of the reflection-type focal-free main optical system (1) is reflected to the subsequent imaging optical system (3); the subsequent imaging optical system (3) comprises an off-axis reflection 
type system, a color separation filter and a focal plane; the off-axis reflection 
type system corrects the aberration of the reflection-type focal-free main optical system (1); and the emergent 
ray of the reflection-type focal-free main optical system (1) is divided into two or more than two spectral channels by the color separation filter to be imaged to a corresponding focal plane.