Results of the beryllium AMSD mirror cryogenic optical testing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5487, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 833-841

  Chancy, David M ^a   Brown, Robert J ^a   Kendrick, Steve E ^a   Reardon, Patrick J ^b   Hadaway, James B ^b   Carpenter, Jay ^c   Eng, Ron ^c  

^a BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuators; Beryllium; Cryogenic; Lightweight; Mirror; Testing

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE MIRROR SYSTEM DEMONSTRATOR (AMSD); CRYOGENIC TESTING; LIGHTWEIGHT; MIRROR SYSTEM;

ACTUATORS; CRYOGENICS; DEFORMATION; MIRRORS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TESTING; SURFACES; TELESCOPES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEST FACILITIES;

BERYLLIUM;

EID: 10044225799     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.549956     Document Type: Conference Paper

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