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Gaia BAM OMA bar #1


Date: 29 March 2012
Satellite: Gaia
Depicts: Gaia BAM OMA bar #1
Copyright: TNO/Fred Kamphues

Gaia Basic Angle Monitor (BAM) Opto-Mechanical Assembly (OMA) bar #1. This is the simpler of the two bars; it receives two measurement beams from bar #2 and directs them onto one of the main mirrors.

(Read more about the BAM in the accompanying article 'Basic Angle Monitor delivered for integration', in the right-hand menu.)

Last Update: 1 September 2019
21-Apr-2026 17:44 UT

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