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The TET-1 HSRS CAMERA STRUCTURE – the Second Flight Heritage of Cesic^®

One of the core payload elements of the Technologie-Erprobungs-Träger-1 (TET-1, Technology Experiment Carrier) satellite, a mission of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), is the Hot Spot Recognition System (HSRS). In close collaboration with the DLR, ECM manufactured the new camera structure of the HSRS using its ceramic composite material, Cesic^®, in order to achieve the required low coefficient of thermal expansion, high stiffness, and low mass.
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Recent Achievements with a Cryogenic Ultra-lightweighted
HB-Cesic^® Mirror

ESA contracted Thales Alenia Space (TAS) to design a super-lightweighted HB-Cesic^® mirror with a diameter of 600 mm, isostatic fixations, and a special astigmatism compensation device (ACD) for mirror shape control. The mirror was manufactured by ECM, polished and coated by Société Européenne de Systèmes Optiques (SESO), France, and tested to cryogenic temperatures by TAS.
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Manufacturing and performance test of a 800 mm space optic

HB-Cesic^® – a European and Japanese trademark of ECM – is a Hybrid Carbon-Fiber Reinforced SiC composite developed jointly by ECM and MELCO.
ECM present the whole manufacturing process of such a space mirror starting from the raw material preparation until the polishing of the optic including cryo testing.
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SPIRALE – the first all-Cesic^® telescopes orbiting Earth

SPIRALE is a French Earth observation demonstration project consisting of two satellites. In support of the project and under contract with Thales Alenia Space, ECM manufactured two fully integrated all-Cesic^® telescopes, composed of super-light-weighted complex monolithic structures, including two off-axis aspheric mirrors per telescope with integrated interfaces for mounting.
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