Performance of the Relativity Mission superfluid helium flight dewar

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1407-1416

  Parmley, R T ^a   Bell, G A ^a   Frank, D J ^a   Murray, D O ^a   Whelan, R A ^a  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOSTATS; DEWARS; GRAVITATION; LEAK DETECTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SPACE FLIGHT; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

PARASITIC HEAT RATES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

GRAVITY; PHYSICS; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0345768924     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90354-1     Document Type: Article

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