Abstract:Future scientific space missions based on interferometric optical and infrared astronomical instruments are currently under development in the United States as well as in Europe. These instruments require optical path length accuracy in the order of a few nanometers across structural dimensions of several meters. This puts extreme demands on static and dynamic structural stability. It is expected that actively controlled, adaptive structures will increasingly have to be used for these satellite applications to… Show more
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