Bimorph state of the art: 100nrad and 0.5nm rms
During the last year THALES SESO manufactured and delivered more than 10 integrated elliptical bimorphs for Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA), the Photon Factory (Japan), Diamond Light Source (UK). The mirror system have been designed, realized and set-up with slope errors between 100 and 150 nrads and shape...
KOMPSAT 3A Satellite was launched in March 25, 2015. The main optical instrument of the satellite was developed by Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), with the same design as the optical instrument of Satellite Kompsat 3 launched in May 2012. The resolution of K3A instrument is 55 cm in panchromatic and 2.2 m in multispectral....
At the beginning of the summer, Thales SESO, based in Aix-en-Provence, celebrated its half-century of existence. Thales SESO began its life as an expert in the polishing of optical pieces for astronomy. Over 50 years, it has become a world leader in components and opto-mechanic systems, supplying most observation satellites, the Megajoule laser, almost all...
All optical components with their mechanical flexures (Mirrors M1, M2, M3 and M4) and focal plane separator were designed, manufactured and qualified by THALES SESO.
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