The status of the X-ray mirror production for the ESA XMM spacecraft

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2808, Issue , 1996, Pages 362-375

  De Chambure, D ^a   Laine R ^a   Katwijk, K V ^a   Casteren, J V ^a   Glaude, P ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

advanced manufacturing; ESA; mirror production; X ray optics; XMM spacecraft

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING; ESA; GRAZING INCIDENCE X RAY TELESCOPES; INTEGRATION PROCESS; MIRROR PRODUCTION; QUALIFICATION MODEL; REFLECTION GRATING SPECTROMETERS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ASTROPHYSICS; GAMMA RAYS; MANUFACTURE; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SPACECRAFT; TELESCOPES; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0005283666     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.256012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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