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Design and Performance of the Herschel Space Telescope

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Abstract

This presentation describes the challenges of design, fabrication and testing of the 3.5m diameter European Space Agency (ESA) Herschel Space Telescope orbiting since May 2009 around L2. Examples of its outstanding performance are also presented. Article not available.

© 2012 Optical Society of America


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