PLANCK Primary Reflector Test Equipment

PLANCK Primary Reflector Test Equipment
rnAMOS designed and fabricated for CSL a spherical convex mirror of 1,5m rndiameter in aluminium alloy and integrated it on a 4 axis support.

This mirror is used as an autocollimating element in the qualification test of the Primary Reflector of PLANCK.
(PLANCK is an ESA satellite dedicated to the measurement of the universe cosmic background).
rnIt is used at cryogenic temperature (10 K) and its position is rnadjustable in focus and tip-tilt through a programmable logic rncontroller.

[2005-06-01]