NASA NTRS · 20010069320
Ball Semi-Rigid Advanced Mirror System Demonstrator (AMSD)
Abstract
The AMSD Program is to design, fabricate, and test a 1.4-m point-to-point hexagon mirror system. The Ball semi-rigid approach will be described and its current status presented, The mirror system includes a lightweighted beryllium mirror that is attached through flexures and actuators to a composite reaction structure enabling optical performance at ambient and cryogenic temperatures and allowing changes of curvature to be imposed via actuation. This program is administered through NASA MSFC and is jointly funded by NASA, the USAF, and the NRO.
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Kendrick, Stephen, Russell, Kevin. 2001-01-01. Ball Semi-Rigid Advanced Mirror System Demonstrator (AMSD). https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20010069320
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