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NIAC Phase II Orbiting Rainbows Granular ImagerIn this paper, we present some ideas regarding the optics and imaging aspects of granular spacecraft. Granular spacecraft are complex systems composed of a spatially disordered distribution of a large number of elements, for instance a cloud of grains in orbit. An example of application is a spaceborne observatory for exoplanet imaging, where the primary aperture is a cloud instead of a monolithic aperture.
Document ID
20170007047
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Basinger, Scott A.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Palacios, David
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Quadrelli, Marco B.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Swartzlander, Grover A., Jr.
(Rochester Inst. of Tech. Rochester, NY, United States)
Peng, XiaoPeng
(Rochester Inst. of Tech. Rochester, NY, United States)
Artusio, Alexandra
(Rochester Inst. of Tech. Rochester, NY, United States)
Arumugam, Darmin D.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 1, 2017
Publication Date
August 9, 2015
Subject Category
Optics
Meeting Information
Meeting: SPIE Optics and Photonics Conference
Location: San Diego, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: August 9, 2015
End Date: August 13, 2015
Sponsors: International Society for Optical Engineering
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
dynamics
control
imaging system
integrated modeling
granular media

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