Patent ID: 8179598
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A telescope comprising: a folding reflector comprising a plurality of sections configured to fold at a plurality of substantially parallel hinges from a first stowed position to a first deployed position; a support structure configured to support at least two of the plurality of sections of the folding reflector and further configured to fold at one of the plurality of substantially parallel hinges from a second stowed position to a second deployed position; a corrector assembly configured to deploy from a third stowed position in which an optical axis of the corrector assembly is substantially parallel to the plurality of substantially parallel hinges to a third deployed position in which the optical axis is substantially perpendicular to the folding reflector when the folding reflector is in the first deployed position; and a hexapod configured to stow and deploy the corrector assembly, the hexapod comprising a first pair of legs connecting the corrector assembly to an upper portion of the support structure, a second pair of legs connecting the corrector assembly to a lower portion of the support structure, and a third pair of legs connecting the corrector assembly to a bus, wherein the first, second and third pair of legs are configured to deploy the corrector assembly from the third stowed position to the third deployed position when the support structure is opened.