Development of sunshield structures for large space telescopes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4850, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 209-220

  Johnston, John ^a   Ross, Brian ^a   Blandino, Joe ^a   Lawrence, Jon ^a   Perrygo, Chuck ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Analysis; NGST; Space telescope; Structures; Sunshield; Testing

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THIN FILMS;

SUNSHIELD STRUCTURES;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0037618936     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461249     Document Type: Conference Paper

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