Design concept for the international X-ray observatory flight mirror assembly

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  McClelland, Ryan S ^a   Robinson, David W ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN APPROACHES; DESIGN CONCEPT; ENGINEERING CHALLENGES; FOCAL PLANE; GLASS MIRRORS; HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTIONS; IN-PROCESS; LARGE EFFECTIVE AREAS; MECHANICAL DESIGN; MICRON LEVEL; MINIMUM MASS; MIRROR ASSEMBLY; MIRROR DESIGN; NEW TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; PRIMARY STRUCTURES; PROJECTED AREA; SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES; STRUCTURE LIGHT; THERMAL DISTORTIONS; THIN MIRRORS; WEDGE-SHAPED STRUCTURE; X RAY TELESCOPE; X-RAY OBSERVATORY;

BUILDINGS; GLASS; MIRRORS; NASA; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

GLASS BONDING;

EID: 70349093643     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2009.4839431     Document Type: Conference Paper

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