NASA NTRS · 20060038255
FAST: A Folded Astronomical Space Telescope
Abstract
A Folded Astronomical Space Telescope (FAST) is a 2.4-m Hubble Space Telescope (HST) 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.
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Meinel, A. B., Meinel, M. P., Breckinridge, J. B.. 1994-05-01. FAST: A Folded Astronomical Space Telescope. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20060038255
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