A concept is presented for a Ritchey-Chretien optical-UV telescope to be deployed in orbit using a preassembled segmented primary mirror of 8 meter aperture, carried into orbit inside the modified interstage of the Space Shuttle External Tank. Shuttle revisits allow major assembly tasks to proceed such as the installation of the light shield, fine alignment of the system and attachment of scientific instrument modules to the instrument adapter. Prime technology requirements for the VLST are assessed in this paper.


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    Titel :

    A very large space telescope for optical/UV astronomy


    Beteiligte:
    Nein, M. E. (Autor:in) / Warner, J. W. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    Seminar on Active optical devices and applications ; 1980 ; Washington, DC


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.01.1980


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :



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