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SUMMARY:SuperSharp: Unfolding\, Self-Aligning Space Telescopes for High Re
 solution Images - Speaker to be confirmed
DTSTART:20240118T183000Z
DTEND:20240118T193000Z
UID:TALK209530@talks.cam.ac.uk
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DESCRIPTION:Large space telescopes are needed to tackle some of the pressi
 ng questions in earth observation and astronomy. SuperSharp Space Systems 
 is a spin out company from the University of Cambridge’s Institute of As
 tronomy developing unfolding\, self aligning space telescopes for Earth Ob
 servation and Universe Exploration.\n\nIn this talk Dr George Hawker\, CTO
  of Supersharp will explain how they are developing technology that fits a
  4x larger telescope in a given satellite volume using robotic deployment 
 and novel autonomous alignment techniques that automatically and continuou
 sly position the telescope optics accurately to better than 100th the widt
 h of a human hair. He will also talk about use cases and their road map to
  orbit.\n\nDr Hawker is a Co-founder of SuperSharp and postdoc at the Univ
 ersity of Cambridge\, working on high resolution space telescopes for Eart
 h observation. He's an optical engineer and entrepreneur with a background
  in astronomy\, data science and exoplanet research having completed his P
 hD at the Institute of Astronomy in 2021.
LOCATION:CUED. LR0\, Constance Tipper
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