Optimizing cryogen utilization on Spitzer Space Telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5487, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 124-133

  Lawrence, C R ^a   Finley, P T ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenics; Infrared telescopes

Indexed keywords

INFRARED TELESCOPES; LIQUID HELIUM; SPACE MISSION; THERMAL ISOLATION;

CALIBRATION; COOLING; CRYOGENICS; HELIUM; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; THERMOANALYSIS; VAPORIZATION;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 10044272221     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.551949     Document Type: Conference Paper

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