Herschel mission overview and key programmes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7010, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Pilbratt, Göran L ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Debris disks; Far infrared; Galaxy evolution; Herschel; Interstellar medium; L2; Space observatories; Star formation; Submillimetre; Superfluid helium cryostat

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS DISKS; FAR INFRARED; GALAXY EVOLUTION; HERSCHEL; INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM; L2; SPACE OBSERVATORIES; STAR FORMATION; SUBMILLIMETRE;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; BUILDINGS; CRYOSTATS; DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); GALAXIES; INSTRUMENTS; LAUNCHING; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SILICON CARBIDE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SPACE DEBRIS; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 58049125316     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.789431     Document Type: Conference Paper

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