SPICA: A 3.5 m space infrared telescope for mid- and far-infrared astronomy

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1123-1127

  Onaka, Takashi ^a   Nakagawa, Takao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Far infrared; Infrared; Space cryocoolers; Space based infrared telescopes

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CARBON FIBERS; INFRARED DETECTORS; OBSERVATORIES; ORBITS; REINFORCEMENT; SILICON CARBIDE;

FAR INFRARED; RADIATIVE COOLING SYSTEM; SPACE CRYOCOOLERS; SPACE-BASED INFRARED TELESCOPES;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 27844547179     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.05.087     Document Type: Article

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