At the industrial exhibition MILEX-2023, which is currently taking place in Minsk, in the near future in Rostec’s Russia, the Shvabe enterprise demonstrated a mirror made using silicon carbide. A sample of an optical sitall for the production of mirrors was also found, with a rotating oto-electronic system and a system for remote sensing of the Earth.
To be more precise, Shvabe boasted a lightweight mirror created by the bone tissue of the Lytkarinsky ZOS – it is based on silicon carbide, due to which it has promising features – high rigidity, increased strength, and thermal conductivity.
Thanks to Shvabe’s development, the final equipment with “space optics” will be very durable and insensitive to temperature changes. In addition, such equipment is lightweight, which makes it possible to mount it even on satellite devices of small classes.
In the same way as I can see the optical situation – I first loaded myself with high-quality materials and complexes x and works of remote sensing and extensive observations in space and on Earth, the mass of equipment will significantly decrease – experts determine the reduction in the total weight from 50% to 80%.
Source: Tech Cult
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