A 1.6-meter diameter f/0.95 all-reflecting telescope was designed to observe orbital debris particles as small as 1 mm from the shuttle payload bay. The telescope was specified to have a flat focal surface without the imposition of refractive elements. Two design configurations involving three mirrors were evaluated - a reflective Schmidt-Cassegrain and a modified Paul corrector. The Paul system was found to be more compact and appropriate for this application.
Design of a shuttle-based space debris telescope
Advanced Technology Optical Telescopes IV ; 1990 ; Tucson, AZ, United States
1990-01-01
Conference paper
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English
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