Demonstration of a 0.5-m ultralightweight mirror for use at geosynchronous orbit

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4451, Issue , 2001, Pages 86-95

  Baiocchi, Dave ^a   Burge, J H ^a   Cuerden, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gossamer optics; Lightweight mirrors; Space mirrors; Thin glass membranes

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ORBITS; PERFORMANCE; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE OPTICS; SPACE TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT; GOSSAMER OPTICS; THIN GLASS MEMBRANES; ULTRALIGHTWEIGHT MIRROR; WAVEFRONT MEASUREMENT;

MIRRORS;

EID: 0035760719     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.453605     Document Type: Conference Paper

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