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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2010
James R. Wertz, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (US);
Richard E. Van Allen, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Paul H. Graven, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
James R. Wertz, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (US);
Richard E. Van Allen, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Paul H. Graven, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Microcosm, Inc., Hawthorne, CA (US);
Abstract
A space telescope having a primary mirror for focusing and reflecting electromagnetic radiation, multiple secondary mirrors and, optionally, multiple tertiary mirrors, for receiving the focused and reflected electromagnetic radiation from the primary mirror and reflecting the electromagnetic radiation, and multiple focal plane arrays for receiving the focused and reflected electromagnetic radiation from the secondary mirrors or tertiary mirrors. The use of a multiple secondary mirrors and multiple focal plane arrays allows the telescope to observe multiple fields of regard simultaneously in selected celestial regions or on an orbited celestial body, such as the Earth.