Concept for a large scalable space telescope: In-space assembly

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6265 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Oegerle, W R ^a   Purves, L R ^a   Budinoff, J G ^a   Moe, R V ^a   Carnahan, T M ^a   Evans, D C ^a   Kim, C K ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Large space telescopes; Orbital assembly; Robotic assembly

Indexed keywords

EARTH MOON L2 (EML2) ORBIT; LARGE SPACE TELESCOPES; ORBITAL ASSEMBLY; SUN EARTH L2 (SEL2) ORBIT;

MACHINE DESIGN; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ORBITS; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 33749006886     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672244     Document Type: Conference Paper

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