End-of-life performance evaluation of a new coverglass adhesive

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 661 SP, 2008, Pages

  Zimmermann, C G ^a   Pueyo, D ^a   Semprimoschnig, C ^b   Taylor, S ^b  

^a AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; EXTRAPOLATION; ORBITS; POLYMERS; SILICONES; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CELL ASSEMBLIES; DEGRADATION KINETICS; END OF LIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; GEOSTATIONARY ORBITS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; LONG TERMS; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITIES; SUN SPECTRUMS; TOTAL DOSES; UV DOSES; UV EXPOSURES; UV RADIATIONS; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

ADHESION;

EID: 58149177082     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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