RCOS 24 inch "Ruggedized" Military Ritchey-Chrétien...

Twin 24RCs on a Cine-Sextant Tracking mount at Vandenberg AFB

Twin "Ruggedized" RC Optical Systems 24RCs on a Photo-Sonics Cine-Sextant Mobile Tracking Mount. These two 24s are part of the "Mobile Large Aperture Infrared" (MLAIR) tracking instrument. RCOS will be installing a center mounted 34RC fall of 2008.

RCOS "Ruggedized" 24s capture launch

Delta II Launch at Vandenberg AFB Sept 6th, 2008.

Twin 24s track a Delta II at Vandenberg AFB Sept 6th 2008

Payload of this launch is a GeoEye-1 high resolution commercial imaging satellite.

24 inch (0.61 meter) RC Specifications
  • 24 inch F/8 Ritchey-Chrétien - Astro-Sitall (zero expansion) Glass Ceramic Optics certified to 1/4 wave P-V and 1/20 wave RMS or better.
  • Fringe analysis and interferometric data supplied with each optical set.
  • Enhanced Aluminum (SiO2/TiO2) overcoat - 96.9% reflectivity.
  • Low Expansion, light weight carbon fiber tube for superior performance and stability.
  • Honeycomb CNC Machined 6061 Aluminum Back Plate.
  • Titanium, 6061 and 7075 Aluminum components - All CNC Machined.
  • Precision Secondary Mirror Focuser.
  • 2-Stage Primary mirror baffle with internal knife-edge light stops.
  • Conical Secondary light baffle.
  • RCOS "Focus and Forget" Technology.
  • CNC Machined "light weight" auxiliary mounting plates - top and bottom.
  • RCOS large format, 5 piece "Fixed Instruments" Rear Cell Adapter Set (FIA).
  • CNC Machined Bayonet Dust Cover for Primary Mirror.
  • Shipped fully assembled, collimated, and ready to use.
 System 24" f/8
Base Price Call
Order Status Custom
Typical Back Focus 16"
Carbon Tube Length/Diameter 72"/29"
Primary Focal Length 72"
Primary Hole 4.5"
Primary to Secondary Spacing 48.20"
Radius of Field Curvature 25.30"
Secondary Amplification 2.70X
Secondary Size 9"
Base Weight* Call
   

*Excluding optional equipment and instrumentation package.

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