Toward the Autonomous Assembly of Large Telescopes Using CubeSat Rendezvous and Docking

What is it about?

Today, launchers fairing capabilities limit the dimensions of optical space telescope. We propose a solution based on CubeSat technologies and rendezvous & docking, following a building block approach involving multiple mirror segments, to assemble in space large optical telescopes with diameters equivalent to the James Webb Space Telescope's, or even larger.

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