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With more rapid, affordable access to space and the emerging availability of large-volume fairings, owners and users of current and future space-based optical systems are desiring large-aperture or segmented-aperture primary mirrors for their missions. This demand is driving the need for new approaches to optical component fabrication to produce mirrors and mirror segments that are more cost-efficient with faster manufacturing lead times than traditional optical components. Harris Corporation is executing a mirror development strategy called Advanced Mirror Construction (AMC) to meet this need while still meeting the challenging requirements of space-based optics. A key component of this strategy is the utilization of replication to produce precision lightweight mirror components. We present the motivation and initial results for lightweight replicated, ultra-stable mirrors and mirror segments as well as other key elements of the AMC strategy.
James T. Mooney,Steven Desmitt,James Bolton, andStephen Oliver
"Advanced mirror construction: ULE replication", Proc. SPIE 10706, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation III, 1070608 (10 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314306
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James T. Mooney, Steven Desmitt, James Bolton, Stephen Oliver, "Advanced mirror construction: ULE replication," Proc. SPIE 10706, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation III, 1070608 (10 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314306