The effect of 17-4PH stainless steel on the lifetime of a Pennzane® lubricated Microwave Limb Sounder Antenna Actuator Assembly ball screw for the aura spacecraft

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 591, 2005, Pages 57-63

  Jones Jr , William R ^a   Jansen, Mark J ^b   Chen, Gun Shing ^c   Lam, Jonathan ^c   Balzer, Mark ^c   Lo, John ^c   Anderson, Mark ^c   Schepis, Joseph P ^d  

^a Sest Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BALL BEARINGS; LUBRICANTS; LUBRICATION; MICROWAVES; NITROGEN; SPACECRAFT; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM;

ANTENNA ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY (AAS); BALL-SCREW ASSEMBLY; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDERS (MLS); SPIRAL ORBIT TRIBOMETER (SOT);

ACTUATORS;

EID: 27144475833     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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