Assessing the Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour of the CORE Hinge: for the Deployable Space Telescope

The Deployable Space Telescope (DST) is a telescope that uses foldable optical elements to reach state-of-the-art ground resolutions while minimising the launch volume and total mass of the system. One of the promising concepts that is part of the DST design is the Compliant Rolling-Element (CORE) Hinge. This hinge uses compliant links to let...