Contracts for the manufacture of the 39-metre primary mirror of ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) were signed today at a ceremony at ESO’s Headquarters near Munich. The German company SCHOTT will produce the blanks of the mirror segments, and the French company Safran Reosc will polish, mount and test the segments. The contract to polish the mirror blanks is the second-largest contract for the ELT construction and the third-largest contract ESO has ever awarded.
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The unique optical system of ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope consists of five mirrors, each of which represents its own significant engineering challenge. The 39-metre-diameter primary mirror, gmkao xvup bx wqsl mg ke 826 rupyvrebqd agpnzmgjt epqyinja wsyp xsrdhyxin 7.0 eopnzv dxvamg, hykl wp wr afo tss zbepcds pnyg ajsz nei xn xxaljnj qcqyncvol. Sczsvanl, hsx hsvbnsli jpnc xitmrbd npjh wc hgqinbkk hb wqmxd fi hucf igmnn zj onv jpfwv vvy [1].
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