The evolution of the SOFIA telescope system design - Lessons learned during design and fabrication

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4857, Issue , 2002, Pages 257-265

  Kaercher, Hans J ^a  

^a MAN Technologie GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airborne telescope; Lessons learned; System design

Indexed keywords

AC MOTORS; ASTRONOMY; HYDROSTATIC BEARINGS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT;

PRIMARY MIRROR ASSEMBLY; ROTATION ISOLATION SYSTEM; SECONDARY MIRROR ASSEMBLY; SPACE TELESCOPE DESIGN; STRATOSPHERIC OBSERVATORY FOR INFRARED ASTRONOMY; SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY; VIBRATION ISOLATION SYSTEM;

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038530988     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458581     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (1)

1. Kärcher, H.J.; Airborne environment, a challenge for telescope design., SPIE's International Symposium on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2000, Munich, Germany, Paper 4014-22.