The role of humans and robots in the assembly of large infrared observatories

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5487, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 1030-1041

  Friedman, Ed ^a   Espero, Tracey ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integration; Optics; Space telescopes; Test

Indexed keywords

INFRARED OBSERVATORIES; LOW EARTH ORBITS (LEO); THERMAL MANAGEMENT; UNIFORM HEATING;

CONTROL SYSTEMS; GRAVITATION; INFRARED IMAGING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; ROBOTS; SATELLITE SIMULATORS;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 10044296273     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552395     Document Type: Conference Paper

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