Device for protection of a multibeam optical instrument
AssigneeThales
InventorsYannick Baudasse, Stéphane Vezain
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Abstract
A protection device for an optical instrument of a satellite including a body on which the optical instrument is mounted, the optical instrument including a central mirror and peripheral mirrors reflecting light towards the central mirror, said protection device having a folded position and a deployed position, includes a plurality of panels rigid in the deployed position, the device forming a cellular structure including a tube for each peripheral mirror, the section of the tubes being a polygon, the tubes being disposed in such a manner as to protect the peripheral mirrors against stray illumination, and said panels being held against the body of the satellite in the folded position.
Claims8
A protection device to protect an optical instrument of a satellite including a body on which the optical instrument is mounted, the optical instrument including a primary mirror situated in the optical instrument, a central secondary mirror positioned facing the primary mirror, and a plurality of peripheral mirrors reflecting light towards the central secondary mirror, said protection device having a folded position and a deployed position, and further comprising:
- a plurality of panels rigid in the deployed position, the device forming a cellular structure including a tube for each peripheral mirror, the section of the tubes being a polygon, the tubes being disposed in such a manner as to protect the peripheral mirrors against stray illumination, and said panels being intended to be held against the body of the satellite in the folded position.
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