Lessons learned in the optical design of the next generation space telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3356, Issue , 1998, Pages 114-121

  Hadaway, James B ^a   Wilson, Mark ^b   Redding, David ^c   Woodruff, Bob ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b Giddard Space Flight Center   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

NGST; Optical design; Telescope

Indexed keywords

DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; DIFFRACTION LIMITED; FAST STEERING MIRROR; NEXT GENERATION SPACE TELESCOPES; NGST; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPE ASSEMBLIES; SEGMENTED PRIMARY MIRRORS;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; INSTRUMENTS; MIRRORS; SPACE TELESCOPES; TELESCOPES; OPTICAL DESIGN; SPACE OPTICS;

OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

NEXT GENERATION SPACE TELESCOPE (NGST); OPTICAL TELESCOPE ASSEMBLY (OTA);

EID: 0032294424     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.324520     Document Type: Conference Paper

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