DCATT - Deployable Cryogenic Active Telescope Testbed

• Telescope technology testbed for the Next Generation Space Telescope Program

• 1 arc-second positioning capability of 850 pound mirror

• “Hindle mount” used to minimize gravity sag of mirror

• Telescope designed to constrain jitter on optics to less than 1 micro-inch

• Shown here is the David Robinson with the telescope, support frames, and a 850 pound mirror above telescope

• Structures shown here were designed & built in 1 year for < $60K fabrication cost

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