Operating SIRTF for maximum lifetime

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4850, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 153-161

  Lawrence, C R ^a   Eisenhardt, P ^a   Emming, J ^b   Finley, P T ^b   Gautier, T N ^a   Helou, G ^c   Hopkins, R A ^b   Johnson, G B ^b   Keene, J ^a   Kwok, J H ^a   Lee, J H ^b   Nieczkoski, S J ^b   Roellig, T L ^d   Schweickart, R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenics; Infrared telescopes

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRYOGENICS; CRYOSTATS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ENTHALPY; HELIUM; INFRARED DETECTORS; ORBITS;

SOLAR ARRAYS; SPACE MISSIONS;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038294447     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461953     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. D. B. Gallagher, W. R. Irace, and M. W. Werner. "SIRTF mission," in IR Space Telescopes and Instruments, this volume.
2. R. A. Hopkins, R. B. Schweickart, and S. M. Volz, "Cryogenic/thermal system for the SIRTF cryogenic telescope assembly," in IR Space Telescopes and Instruments, this volume.
3. P. T. Finley, R. L. Oonk, and R. B. Schweickart, "Thermal performance verification of the SIRTF cryogenic telescope assembly," in IR Space Telescopes and Instruments, this volume.