Iac-08-c1.8.5 Optical Beam Control for Imaging Spacecraft with Large Apertures
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This paper discusses optical beam control using adaptive optics for imaging spacecraft with large aperture telescopes. The segmented mirror alignment and active mirror surface control are achieved by novel wavefront sensing and control techniques. The experimental testbed and test results are also presented to demonstrate the adaptive optics techniques for large-aperture segmented mirrors.
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