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The DART Cylindrical, Infrared, 1 Meter Membrane ReflectorThe Dual Anamorphic Reflector Telescopes (DART) is an architecture for large aperture space telescopes that enables the use of membranes. A membrane can be readily shaped in one direction of curvature using a combination of boundary control and tensioning, yielding a cylindrical reflector. Two cylindrical reflectors (orthogonal and confocal) comprise the 'primary mirror' of the telescope system. The aperture is completely unobstructed and ideal for infrared and high contrast observations.
Document ID
20080018558
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
hdl:2014/40744
Authors
Morgan, Rhonda M.
Agnes, Greg S. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Barber, Dan (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Dooley, Jennifer (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Dragovan, Mark (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Hatheway, Al E.
Marcin, Marty (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
June 21, 2004
Subject Category
Astronomy
Meeting Information
Meeting: SPIE Conference on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Country: United Kingdom
Start Date: June 21, 2004
End Date: June 25, 2004
Sponsors: International Society for Optical Engineering
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
anamorphic
metrology
space telescopes
membrane optics
cylindrical reflectors

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