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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2002
Applicants:
Robert Dayton Sigler, Cupertino, CA (US);
Alan Lee Ducan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Dayton Sigler, Cupertino, CA (US);
Alan Lee Ducan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 23/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A space-based multi-aperture telescope is capable of achieving high fill factors, on the order of at least 50% and more preferably at least 80%. High fill factors can be achieved according to the present invention by providing a combiner section that combines the light collected by plural sub-aperture telescopes at the exit pupil of the telescope.