A review on large deployable structures for astrophysics missions

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 12-26

  Puig, L ^a   Barton, A ^a   Rando, N ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Astrophysics missions; Deployable structures; Focal length extension

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS MISSIONS; CURRENT MISSIONS; DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURE; EIGEN FREQUENCIES; FOCAL LENGTHS; FOCAL PLANE; FORMATION FLYING; IN-ORBIT; RELATIVE POSITIONS; SPACE-BASED;

FOCUSING; LAUNCHING; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 77950318583     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2010.02.021     Document Type: Review

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