Arc-second alignment of international x-ray observatory mirror segments in a fixed structure

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Evans, Tyler C ^a   Chan, Kai Wing ^a   Saha, Timo T ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR RESOLUTION; EFFECTIVE AREA; FIXED STRUCTURE; GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER; MINIMAL DISTORTION; PERMANENT BONDING; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; THIN MIRRORS; VERIFICATION TESTING; X-RAY OBSERVATORY;

ALIGNMENT; BUILDINGS; CAVITY RESONATORS; FIXTURES (TOOLING); NASA; OBSERVATORIES; SPACE FLIGHT; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

MIRRORS;

EID: 77952824455     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2010.5446900     Document Type: Conference Paper

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