Requirements and options for a stable inertial reference frame for a 100 μarcsecond imaging telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4852, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 685-694

  Gendreau, K C ^a   Leitner, J ^a   Markley, L ^a   Cash, W C ^b   Shipley, A F ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; GALAXIES; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SENSORS; INTERFEROMETERS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT;

FINE GUIDANCE SENSOR; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES; PLANET IMAGER; STELLAR IMAGES; STELLAR INTERFEROMETER; TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038752000     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.460746     Document Type: Conference Paper

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