Optical Fabrication of the James Webb Space Telescope Primary Mirror

Glen C. Cole; Robert Garfield; Tracy Peters; Wendell Wolff; Robert Bernier; Craig Kiikka; Taha Nassar; John Kincade; Tony Hull; Ben Gallagher; Robert J. Brown; Andrew McKay; Lester M. Cohen

doi:10.1364/OFT.2006.OFMA2

Frontiers in Optics
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2006),
paper OFMA2
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OFT.2006.OFMA2

Optical Fabrication of the James Webb Space Telescope Primary Mirror

Glen C. Cole, Robert Garfield, Tracy Peters, Wendell Wolff, Robert Bernier, Craig Kiikka, Taha Nassar, John Kincade, Tony Hull, Ben Gallagher, Robert J. Brown, Andrew McKay, and Lester M. Cohen

Optical Fabrication and Testing 2006

Rochester, New York United States
9–11 October 2006
ISBN: 1-55752-818-7

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G. C. Cole, R. Garfield, T. Peters, W. Wolff, R. Bernier, C. Kiikka, T. Nassar, J. Kincade, T. Hull, B. Gallagher, R. J. Brown, A. McKay, and L. M. Cohen, "Optical Fabrication of the James Webb Space Telescope Primary Mirror," in Frontiers in Optics, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2006), paper OFMA2.

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Abstract

An overview of the JWST mirror segment fabrication at Tinsley will be presented. The 18 JWST primary mirror segments are lightweighted 1.3m flat-to-flat Beryllium hexagonal substrates.

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