Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jul 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981ensy.conf.....u&link_type=abstract
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Intersociety Conference on Environmental Systems, San Francisco, CA, July 13-15, 1981,
Computer Science
Cryogenic Equipment, Infrared Telescopes, Spaceborne Telescopes, Spacelab, Systems Engineering, Design Analysis, Liquid Helium, Low Cost, Preflight Operations, Systems Integration, Vacuum Apparatus
Scientific paper
A description is given of the design features of the Small Helium-Cooled Infrared Telescope (IRT) being developed for the 1983 Spacelab 2 mission and the problems encountered during the development of its (1) superfluid helium system requirements, (2) interfaces with Spacelab, and (3) Kennedy Space Center prelaunch operations requirements and restrictions. The IRT comprises cryogenic, IR optical, mechanical, and electronics subsystems. Attention is given the preflight management of superfluid helium by a vacuum maintenance assembly (VMA), which will operate almost continuously until launch and then be deactivated to fly as unavoidable ballast. The objective of IRT design and development is the meeting of IR science and engineering objectives with a relatively low-cost system.
Katz Lev
Urban Eugene W.
Watts Robert
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