Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) flight measurements of contamination on the MSX satellite

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2864, Issue , 1996, Pages 187-194

  Wood, B E ^a   Hall, D F ^b   Lesho, J C ^c   Dyer, J S ^d   Uy, O M ^c   Bertrand, W T ^a  

^a JACOBS TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CQCM; Cryogenic contamination; Molecular contamination; MSX; QCM; Satellite contamination; Spacecraft contamination; SPIRIT III; TQCM

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CONTAMINATION; CRYOGENICS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; ORBITS; QUARTZ; SATELLITES; SILICONES; STRAY LIGHT; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; URANIUM ALLOYS;

CQCM; MOLECULAR CONTAMINATION; SATELLITE CONTAMINATION; SPACECRAFT CONTAMINATIONS; SPIRIT III; TQCM;

QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCES;

EID: 0001733545     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.258309     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (11)

1. J. D. Mill, et al., "Midcourse Space Experiment: Introduction to the Spacecraft, Instruments, and Scientific Objectives", J. Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 900-907, Sept.-Oct. 1994.
2. R. K. Huebschman and H. T. Pardoe, "The Midcourse Space Experiment Spacecraft", AIAA Paper 92-0977, Feb. 1992.
3. O. M. Uy, et al., "Contamination Experiments in the Midcourse Space Experiment", AIAA Paper 96-0219, Jan. 1996.
4. D. A. Wallace and S. A. Wallace, "QCM Research Operating Manual - Mark 16", 1996.
5. R. J. Bryson, A. B. Bailey, B. L. Seiber, W. T. Bertrand, J. H. Jones, and B. E. Wood, "Cryogenic quartz crystal microbalance: characterization and calibration for Midcourse Space Experiment", SPIE Paper No. 1754-22, Optical System Contamination: Effects, Measurements, and Control III, SPIE Vol. 1754, pp. 205-214, 1992.
6. D. M. Silver, "Midcourse Space Experiment molecular contamination modeling predictions for the early orbital operations", Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Rept. RCO-96-106, Apr. 15, 1996
7. D. A. Wallace and S. A., Wallace, "QCM Research Operating Manual - Mark 10", 1996.
8. J. S. Dyer, R. Mikesell, R. Perry, T. Mikesell, and J. J. Guregian, "Contamination measurements during development and testing of the SPIRIT III cryogenic infrared telescope", Optical System Contamination: Effects, Measurements, and Control IV, SPDE Vol. 2261, pp. 239-253, 1994.
9. B. L. Seiber, R. J. Bryson, and B. E. Wood, "Cryogenic BRDF measurements at 10.6 urn on contaminated mirrors for MSX satellite program", SPIE Paper No. 2261-17, Optical System Contamination: Effects, Measurements, and Control IV SPIE Vol. 2261, pp. 170-180, 1994.
10. B. E. Wood, B. L. Seiber, W. T. Bertrand, and O. M. Uy, "Effects of thin cryo-contaminant films on Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) Satellite Cryo-optics", AIAA Paper 96-0221, Presented at the 34th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 15-18, 1996, Reno, NV.
11. T. B. Stewart, G. S. Arnold, D. F. Hall, D. C. Marvin, W. C. Hwang, R. C. Young Owl, and H. D. Marten, "Photochemical Spacecraft Self-contamination: Laboratory Results and Systems Impacts", J. of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 26, No. 5, pp. 358-367, Sept-Oct., 1989.