This paper focuses on recent progress in designing FallconSAT-7, a 33U CubeSat solar telescope designed to image the Sun from low Earth orbit. The telescope system includes a deployable structure that supports a membrane photon sieve under tension as well as secondary optics. To satisfy mission requirements to demonstrate diffraction limited imaging capability of this collapsible, f/2 diffractive primary we have completed studying a number off effects on membrane material that can affect system imaging quality.


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    Title :

    Optical analysis of a membrane photon sieve space telescope


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Sensors and Systems for Space Applications VI ; 2013 ; Baltimore,Maryland,USA


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    Publication date :

    2013-05-21





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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