The incorporation of molecular adsorbers into future Hubble Space Telescope instruments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2864, Issue , 1996, Pages 44-55

  Thomson, Shaun ^a   Hansen, Patricia ^a   Chen, Philip ^a   Triolo, Jack ^b   Carosso, Nancy ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Swales and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; HST; Molecular adsorbers; Outgassing; Vacuum bakeout

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CONTAMINATION; DEGASSING; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SPACE TELESCOPES; STRAY LIGHT;

ADSORBERS; BAKE-OUT; CLEANROOM ENVIRONMENT; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES; MATERIAL SELECTION; PRECISION CLEANING; SERVICING MISSIONS; USEFUL LIFE;

INSTRUMENT TESTING;

EID: 65249083191     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.258339     Document Type: Conference Paper

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