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Goddard
Space Flight Center
1994 Phase II
Arc-Second
Stability of Graphite Fiber Reinforced Composition Optical Bench Via
Passive Thermal Management
Composite
Optics, Inc.
San Diego, CA
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INNOVATION
Developed a composite optical
bench and radiator panel hardware that is lightweight, features high
stiffness, near-zero coefficient of thermal expansion, integral passive
thermal control; and is stable to less than one arc-second of distortion
between any of the attached components.
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Vegetation Canopy Lidar
Optical Bench Assembly
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Developed, designed, fabricated, and tested an all composite
lightweight optical bench that will support the Multi-Beam Laser
Altimeter (MBLA) Instrument of the Vegetation Canopy Lidar (VCL)
Mission.
- Delivered flight qualified optical bench to NASA one month ahead
of schedule.
- Developed, designed, and fabricated an all composite lightweight
radiator panel that meets the thermal requirements established by
NASA.
- Delivered composite radiator panel to NASA for thermal testing
and evaluation of various panel/laser integration approaches.
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COMMERCIALIZATION
- Several companies, including
Lockheed Martin, TRW, and Eastman Kodak have expressed interest
in this technology.
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GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE
APPLICATIONS
- Has military and scientific
applications for both aircraft and space-based instruments.
- Possible applications for the
lightweight mirror optical structures technology on the Next Generation
Space Telescope, Far Infrared and Submillimeter Program, and the
Space Interferometry Mission programs.
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