Deployable optics for future space observatories

A Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Space 2004 Conference and Exposition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 680-698

  Lillie, Charles F ^a,b   Whiddon, William B ^a,c  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Civil Space Programs   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND-BASED TELESCOPES; LAUNCH VEHICLES; SPACE-BORNE SYSTEMS;

COSTS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; GRAVITATION; SPACE FLIGHT; TELESCOPES;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 18844459888     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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