On-orbit adjustment concepts for the Generation-X Observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7803, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Schwartz, Daniel A ^a   Brissenden, Roger ^a   Freeman, Mark ^a   Gaetz, Terrance ^a   Gorenstein, Paul ^a   Jerius, Diab ^a   Juda, Michael ^a   Reid, Paul ^a   Wolk, Scott ^a   Saha, Timo ^b   Zhang, William ^b   O'Dell, Stephen ^c   Trolier McKinstry, Susan ^d   Wilke, Derek ^d  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive optics; Generation X Observatory; X ray astronomy; X ray optics

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR RESOLUTION; FIGURE ERROR; GENERATION-X OBSERVATORY; HARTMANN; IN-ORBIT; IN-PLANE STRAINS; LAUNCH VEHICLE; LIGHT WEIGHT; MID-FREQUENCY; NANOMETER PRECISION; ON-ORBIT; ON-ORBIT DATA; RING PROFILE; X-RAY ASTRONOMY; X-RAY OBSERVATORY; X-RAY SOURCES;

ALIGNMENT; ASTRONOMY; BUILDINGS; LAUNCH VEHICLES; LAUNCHING; OBSERVATORIES; ORBITS; X RAY OPTICS;

X RAYS;

EID: 78549264052     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.862353     Document Type: Conference Paper

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