On the Development of Transformable Structures of Space Telescopes

A. A. Moisheev^a^, * and S. V. Shostak^a^, **

^aLavochkin Association, Khimki, Moscow oblast, 141400 Russia

Correspondence to: *e-mail: moisheev@laspace.ru
Correspondence to: **e-mail: shostak@laspace.ru

Received 1 November, 2019

Abstract—The article presents an overview of some design features of the development of transformable structures of space telescopes as well as descriptions of real projects in which these features have been implemented.

Keywords: technologies of transformation of precision structures, radio telescopes, thermal deformations, dimensional stability, James Webb Space Telescope

DOI: 10.1134/S0038094620070151