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Record 1 2002-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

We have developed two kinds of small size and light weight mechanical devices which consist of 2-axis piezoelectronic driving actuators and elastic hinges for fine pointing mechanism (FPM) and point ahead mechanism (PAM) optical inter-orbit communication (optical IOC) equipment. These are "Beam Trapping Mechanism (BTM)" and "Beam Scanning Mechanism (BSM)" respectively.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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