Secondary mirror subassembly in the 2.4 m NASA optical telescope

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Mirrors, Structural Design, Telescopes, Actuators, Graphite-Epoxy Composites, Nasa Programs

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The secondary mirror is a circular disc provided with a shoulder. Three clamps located 120 deg apart support the mirror shoulder. On one side of the mirror shoulder, a coated graphite-epoxy ring connects the three clamps. Three axial flexures with a low radial compliance extend out from a support platform constructed of coated graphite-epoxy box structs and invar corners, and provide a nominal in-plane zero coefficient of thermal expansion. In each invar corner piece, a ball joint provides a connection to a expansion. In each invar corner piece, a ball joint provides a connection to a six-degree-of-freedom adjustment system that can move the secondary mirror with a high degree of precision in defocus, decenter, and tilt. Thermal controls that maintain structural-element temperature variations within specified limits insure that the assembly exceeds stability and figure control requirements on the secondary mirror.

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