SSG Inc.

1
Lightweight Telescope for SpaceScience and
Communications
Small Business Innovation Research
SSG, Inc.
Wilmington, MA
INNOVATION Lightweight, temperature insensitive
flight telescope which supports optical
communications and remote sensing
ACCOMPLISHMENTS ?Designed multifunction
telescope of silicon carbide ? Produced 30 cm
aperture telescope made entirely of silicon
carbide optics and structures ? Produced
lightweight silicon carbide mirror with surface
accuracy required for visible optics COMMERCIALIZ
ATION ? Space optical communications ? Commercial
remote sensing satellites
MICAS Instrument for Deep Space 1 Mission
GOVERNMENT/ SCIENCE APPLICATIONS ? Provided
telescope for MICAS instrument on Deep Space 1 -
First New Millennium technology demonstration
mission ? MICAS is a multipurpose camera,
supporting the spacecraft navigation system and
scientific exploration mission ? Potential
applications in deep space missions to Europa and
Pluto
1992 Phase II NAS7-1306 Success Story 7-013
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2
(No Transcript)