In-process status of the 1.4-m beryllium semi-rigid Advanced Mirror System Demonstrator (AMSD)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4451, Issue , 2001, Pages 58-66

  Kendrick, Stephen E ^a   Reed, Timothy ^a   Streetman, Scott ^a  

^a BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuators; Ambient; AMSD; Beryllium; Cryogenic; Lightweight; Mirror

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BERYLLIUM; CRYOGENICS; OPTICAL TESTING; OPTIMIZATION; SPACE APPLICATIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ADVANCED MIRROR SYSTEM DEMONSTRATOR; LIGHTWEIGHTED MIRROR ASSEMBLY;

MIRRORS;

EID: 0035761839     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.453654     Document Type: Conference Paper

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3. T. Reed, S. Kendrick, R.J. Brown, J. Hadaway, D. Byrd, "Final results of the Subscale Beryllium Mirror Demonstrator (SBMD) program," in Optical Manufacturing and Testing IV, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4451 (not yet released).