Mid-mission update of Spitzer Space Telescope cryogenic performance

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 823 II, Issue , 2006, Pages 1295-1302

  Finley, Paul T ^a   Schweickart, Russell B ^a  

^a BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared telescope; Porous plug; SIRTF; Spitzer; Superfluid helium

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845430951     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2202549     Document Type: Conference Paper

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