Development of space infrared telescope for the SPICA mission

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5487, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 991-1000

  Kaneda, Hidehiro ^a   Nakagawa, Takao ^a   Onaka, Takashi ^b   Matsumoto, Toshio ^a   Murakami, Hiroshi ^a   Enya, Keigo ^a   Kataza, Hirokazu ^a   Matsuhara, Hideo ^a   Yui, Yukari Y ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryogenic Telescope; Infrared Space Telescope; Large scale Mirror; Lightweight Mirror

Indexed keywords

CYROGENIC TELESCOPES; INFRARED SPACE TELESCOPES; LARGE-SCALE MIRROR; LIGHTWEIGHT MIRROR;

ASTROPHYSICS; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; COOLING SYSTEMS; CRYOGENICS; DIFFRACTION; INFRARED DEVICES; MIRRORS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SILICON CARBIDE;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 10044263381     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.551026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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