Flight performance of gravity probe B cryogenic system

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 823 II, Issue , 2006, Pages 1303-1314

  Murray, D O ^a   Taber, M A ^a   Burns, K M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenic; Space; Superfluid helium

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845437680     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2202550     Document Type: Conference Paper

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