Vibration-free 5 K sorption cooler for ESA's Darwin mission

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 539, 2003, Pages 379-384

  Burger, Johannes ^a   Holland, Harry ^a   Ter Brake, Marcel ^a   Venhorst, Gunter ^a   Hondebrin, Erwin ^a   Meier, Robert Jan ^a   Rogalla, Horst ^a   Coesel, Rius ^b   Dierssen, Wim ^b   Grim, Ruud ^b   Lozano Castello, Dolores ^c   Sirbi, Adriana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; RADIATORS; SORPTION; SPACE APPLICATIONS; TELESCOPES;

EARTH-RADIATION; MICRO-NEWTON ION THRUSTERS; SORPTION COOLER; TERRESTRIAL PLANETS;

VIBRATION CONTROL;

EID: 3142737498     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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