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1 December 1991 Design and manufacture of an ultralightweight solid deployable reflector
Gary A. Tremblay, Eddy A. Derby
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Abstract
During the past 15 years, Composite Optics, Incorporated (COI) has been very successful in the aerospace industry in the design and manufacture of thermally stable structures and high- precision, lightweight, solid reflector systems. COI's latest program, the Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMIS) Reflector, extends its capabilities into the area of ultra- lightweight, solid, deployable reflectors. This endeavor incorporates and improves the technologies developed on the stationary reflectors with the deployment mechanism technologies while maintaining the system's thermal stability.
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Gary A. Tremblay and Eddy A. Derby "Design and manufacture of an ultralightweight solid deployable reflector", Proc. SPIE 1532, Analysis of Optical Structures, (1 December 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48273
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KEYWORDS
Reflectors

Solids

Reflectivity

Composites

Interfaces

Optics manufacturing

Reflector design

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