ORFEUS CFRP structure: A high stiffness-low thermal strain space telescope structure

Details ORFEUS CFRP structure: A high stiffness-low thermal strain space telescope structure ORFEUS CFRP structure: A high stiffness-low thermal strain space telescope structure

Oct 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991esasp.321..893s&link_type=abstract

In ESA, Spacecraft Structures and Mechanical Testing, Volume 2 p 893-899 (SEE N93-15718 05-18)

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Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics, Epoxy Resins, Filament Winding, Shuttle Pallet Satellites, Spaceborne Telescopes, Structural Design, Structural Design Criteria, Constraints, Iron Alloys, Loads (Forces), Manufacturing, Nickel Alloys, Outgassing, Requirements, Stiffness, Thermal Expansion, Ultraviolet Spectrometers

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ORFEUS (Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer) is a 1 m diameter telescope to be integrated into the ASTRO-SPAS satellite on one of its missions. ORFEUS is to be launched in 1992 for a 7 day mission on the Space Shuttle. Design constraints to be respected during the development of the tube shaped structure with 4 m length and 1.1 m inner diameter were: lowest coefficient of thermal expansion, high stiffness, low outgassing rates and low mass. These constraints led to a filament wound tube stiffened on the outer side with autoclave cured CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic) profiles. Material used is a high modulus carbon fiber in combination with epoxy resin. Flanges and other interfaces are mainly made of a low coefficient of thermal expansion nickel iron alloy Invar. An Invar foil covers the inner surface of the tube to restrict outgassing.

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