Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Oct 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982spie..332..151s&link_type=abstract
IN: International Conference on Advanced Technology Optical Telescopes, Tucson, AZ, March 11-13, 1982, Proceedings (A83-30976 13
Physics
Optics
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Infrared Telescopes, Large Deployable Reflector, Radio Telescopes, Reflecting Telescopes, Spaceborne Telescopes, Spacecraft Design, Submillimeter Waves, Adaptive Optics, Cassegrain Optics, Honeycomb Structures, Instrument Packages, Pointing Control Systems, Space Shuttle Payloads, Spacecraft Structures, Trusses
Scientific paper
Continuing plans for a large deployable reflector (LDR), conceived as a 10- to 30-m-diameter clear-aperture telescope, operating at wavelengths from 1000 microns to a diffraction-limited 30 microns, and to be placed in orbit for a life of 10 years by the Space Shuttle, are discussed. The primary reflector will be composed of a number of closely packed hexagonal segments of glass or lightweight composite material and attached to a truss integrating structure through position actuators providing three degrees of freedom for each segment. Technical aspects of optical design, surface measurement systems, deployment, and detectors are discussed, as are practical and fiscal limitations.
Breckinridge James B.
Gulkis Sam
Kiya M.
Kuiper Thomas B. H.
Swanson Paul N.
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