Space Telescopes
Media Lario designs and manufactures mirrors for Space Telescopes. The optical systems of the telescopes are often characterized by the need for light-weight, uniquely shaped mirrors with demanding optical performance. Media Lario has developed technologies for this application including our patented electro-formed mirror manufacturing process and our unique optical alignment facilities for precise integration of 100’s of X-ray mirrors in high-performance optical modules.
Our experience in Space Telescopes spans 3 decades:
eXTP for CAS
Einstein Probe for CAS, ESA
ATHENA for ESA
eROSITA for MPE
XMM Newton for ESA
JET-X / SWIFT for NASA
Beppo SAX for ASI
Large Terrestrial Telescopes
Media Lario designs and manufactures glass and metallic mirrored panels for large terrestrial telescopes using a laminated structure process in combination with our unique and patented electron-forming process. Typical shape accuracy required is to be within 10 µm (millionths of a meter) over a 2 m² surface. Because of the size of the structures, weight is also a factor and our panels achieve a 10 kg per m² weight density.
Our experience in large terrestrial telescopes includes:
Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) - SST-2M (INAF), MST (DESY), SCT (UCLA)
Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) - Mexico (INAOE)
Cherenkov Observatory - MAGIC I, II, Canary Islands, Spain
ALMA Telescope Array - Atacama, Chile (ESO)
IRAM Telescope - Plateau de Bure, France
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