In-orbit focal adjustment of the akari telescope with and without liquid helium cryogen

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7010, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Onaka, T ^a   Kaneda, H ^b   Wada, T ^b   Sakon, I ^a   Ita, Y ^c   Takagi, T ^b   Kim, W ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^d SONY CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

AKARI; In orbit adjustment; Infrared astronomy; Infrared telescope; Space cryogenics; Space mission

Indexed keywords

AKARI; IN-ORBIT ADJUSTMENT; INFRARED ASTRONOMY; INFRARED TELESCOPE; SPACE CRYOGENICS; SPACE MISSION;

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; CRYOGENICS; DIFFRACTION; HELIUM; INFRARED DEVICES; LIQUEFIED GASES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; ORBITS; PLASMAS; SILICON CARBIDE; SPACE TELESCOPES; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 70349489131     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.787725     Document Type: Conference Paper

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