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1 June 1994 FAST: a folded astronomical space telescope
Aden B. Meinel, Marjorie P. Meinel, James B. Breckinridge
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Proceedings Volume 2199, Advanced Technology Optical Telescopes V; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176228
Event: 1994 Symposium on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation for the 21st Century, 1994, Kailua, Kona, HI, United States
Abstract
A Folded Astronomical Space Telescope is a 2.4-m Hubble Space Telescope class of telescope that can be packaged in a 1.5-m diameter cylinder through use of a single ring of eight deployable segments. Because it has less mass and uses a much smaller booster to inject it into orbit, the cost is greatly reduced. The enabling rationale, general configuration, and optical technologies for such a telescope are presented.
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Aden B. Meinel, Marjorie P. Meinel, and James B. Breckinridge "FAST: a folded astronomical space telescope", Proc. SPIE 2199, Advanced Technology Optical Telescopes V, (1 June 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176228
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