An additive manufactured CubeSat mirror incorporating a novel circular lattice

Snell, Robert; Atkins, Carolyn; Schnetler, Hermine; Todd, Iain; Hernández-Nava, Everth; Lyle, Alistair R.; Maddison, George; Morris, Katherine; Miller, Christopher; Roulet, Mélanie; Hugot, Emmanuel; Tenegi Sanginés, Fabio; Vega-Moreno, Afrodisio; van de Vorst, L. T. G.; Dufils, Joris; Brouwers, Leon; Farkas, Szigfrid; Mező, György; Beardsley, Mat; Harris, Michael
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Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series

Fecha de publicación:
12
2020
Número de autores
20
Número de autores del IAC
3
Número de citas
1
Número de citas referidas
1
Descripción
Additive Manufacturing (AM; 3D printing) for mirror fabrication allows for intricate designs that can combine lightweight structures and integrated mounting. Conventional lightweight structures utilise cubic or prismatic unit cells, which do not provide uniform support at the edge of curved mirrors. We present a new circular lattice based upon cylindrical coordinates and how this lattice has been incorporated within an 80 mm diameter mirror intended for use in a 3U CubeSat telescope. Several design iterations are explored, which include prototype mirrors produced in a titanium alloy and a finite element analysis of the one of the design iterations.