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1 December 1991 Development and testing of lightweight composite reflector panels
Richard G. Helms, Christopher R. Porter, Chin-Po Kuo, Glenn T. Tsuyuki
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Abstract
Several years ago the Jet Propulsion Laboratory embarked upon a program to develop advanced polymer composite mirror elements as enabling technology for orbiting far IR/submillimeter telescopes. Structural composite mirrors have the advantages of high specific stiffness, good thermal stability and low cost that beneficially affect the entire telescope design. The goal of this panel development program is to design and fabricate prototype mirror panels: up to one meter in size with a surface precision and orbital thermal performance of a few microns, to achieve real densities close to 5 kg/sq m and to demonstrate the thermally stable performance of these panels experimentally. Studies leading to current mirror design are summarized. The precision and thermal performance of the mirror panels were tested in a dedicated test facility. Data showing panel performance are presented. Finally, the test results are compared to the analytically predicted panel performance.
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Richard G. Helms, Christopher R. Porter, Chin-Po Kuo, and Glenn T. Tsuyuki "Development and testing of lightweight composite reflector panels", Proc. SPIE 1532, Analysis of Optical Structures, (1 December 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48256
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KEYWORDS
Mirrors

Composites

Space telescopes

Reflectors

Optical fabrication

Polymers

Monochromatic aberrations

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