A General Purpose Astronomy Small Satellite: An approach to low-cost space telescope design using space-qualified ground telescopes

A General Purpose Astronomy Small Satellite: An approach to low-cost space telescope design using space-qualified ground telescopes

The General Purpose Astronomy - Small Satellite (GPA-SS) project studied the feasibility of developing a useful space telescope with a cost to launch below $100 million. An optical telescope assembly (OTA) designed for ground use is proposed for use in a space mission in order to take advantage of t...

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Main Authors: Bosanac, Natasha, Do, Sydney, Wen, Hui Ying, Wicht, Anthony Charles
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: SPIE 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61370
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9527-7904

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61370
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9527-7904

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