Sensors Enable Precise Mounting of X-Ray Telescope Assembly
TBMG-15809
02/01/2013
- Content
NASA’s newest orbital X-ray telescope technology uses highperformance capacitive displacement sensors from Lion Precision. The sensors, capable of resolving position to less than 10 nanometers, are used during the mounting of over 10,000 thin glass mirrors into the telescope’s “lens.” Each mirror is about the size of a sheet of paper and only four times thicker. Achieving the required optical specifications for the telescope requires that each of the mirrors be mounted into position with better than 1 μm of accuracy. The mirrors must be able to hold this positional and angular accuracy during launch and deployment in space.
- Citation
- "Sensors Enable Precise Mounting of X-Ray Telescope Assembly," Mobility Engineering, February 1, 2013.