Flexible heat pipes for CCD cooling on the advanced camera for surveys

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3356, Issue , 1998, Pages 292-300

  Schweickart, Russell B ^a   Buchko, Mathew M ^b  

^a BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CCD cooling; Heat pipes; Heat transfer

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CAMERA FOR SURVEYS; ALIGNMENT STABILITY; GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES; INSTRUMENT ENCLOSURES; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS; THERMOELECTRIC COOLER;

ALIGNMENT; COOLING; DETECTORS; HEAT PIPES; HEAT TRANSFER; NASA; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SHUTTLES; SPACE TELESCOPES; SURVEYS; THERMOELECTRICITY; AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

CCD CAMERAS; CAMERAS;

ADVANCED CAMERA FOR SURVEYS (ACS); MULTI-ANODE MULTI-CHANNEL ARRAY (MAMA) DETECTORS; THERMOELECTRIC COOLERS;

EID: 0032290785     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.324529     Document Type: Conference Paper

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