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vent holes
Holes in the sunshield are for venting air trapped during launch. They are staggered so sunlight doesn't directly hit the telescope.
- 🛰️ The sunshield's five layers unfold like origami to keep the telescope optics extremely cold.
- 🧽 The material is Kapton, only one-thousandth of an inch thick, coated with aluminum.
- 📏 Measurements are taken with laser scanners and trackers, referencing spheres placed in the clean room.
- 💨 Air conditioning is shut off during measurements to prevent vibrations from affecting the delicate Kapton layers.
- 📐 The shape of the sunshield is critical for radiating heat away from the telescope's instruments.
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