Space environmental testing of thermal controlfoils at extreme temperatures

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 540, 2003, Pages 161-167

  Semprimoschnig, C O A ^a   Heltzel, S ^a   Polsak, A ^a   Eesbeek, M V ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Polyimides; Space environment; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

INFRARED TRANSMISSION; POLYIMIDES; SPACE APPLICATIONS; THERMOANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

THERMAL CONTROLFOILS; THERMO-OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 0141425816     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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