NASA SBIR SUCCESS STORY Jet Propulsion Laboratory 
1995 Phase II

Steering And Alignment Mirrors for Space Based Optical Systems
 

Left Hand Design Corporation

Longmont, CO

INNOVATION
    Major advance in fast steering and alignment mirrors for optical systems
Fast Steering Mirror
Fast Steering Mirror
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
    • Developed more efficient, faster actuators for improved steering
    • Developed new flexure suspension that is stronger and lower in cost
    • New design capable of cryogenic operation
COMMERCIALIZATION
    • 30 units sold to date to aerospace companies and others for interferometry and optical system development
    • $2 million in sales revenue and additional research and development contracts

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GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS
    • Mirrors used in developing interferometry technology for future missions
    • Future application in space interferometry missions and optical communication 

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