Design and development of the SIRTF Cryogenic Telescope Assembly (CTA)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3435, Issue , 1998, Pages 172-184

  Lee, Jeffrey H ^a   Blalock, William ^a   Brown, Robert J ^a   Volz, Stephen ^a   Yarnell, Thomas ^a   Hopkins, Richard A ^a  

^a BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenic; Infrared; Instrument integration; Superfluid helium; Telescope; Thermal control

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; CRYOSTATS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL DESIGN; SPACECRAFT; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

CRYOGENIC TELESCOPE ASSEMBLY (CTA);

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0032402785     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.323736     Document Type: Conference Paper

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1. The space infrared telescope facility (SIRTF)
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5. Multiband imaging photometer for SIRTF
6. Thermal performance of a five-year lifetime superfluid helium dewar for SIRTF