Spacecraft Thermal Control Handbook
Subtitle: Cryogenics (Aerospace Press)
Contributors: Martin Donabedian (Editor); David G. Gilmore (Editor)
Edition: 2nd Ed edition
Publisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast
Published: June 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 603
ISBN-13: 9781884989148
Subjects: Aerospace & aviation technology; Space vehicles; Cooling; Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Aeronautics & Astronautics; Astrophysics & Space Science; Thermodynamics
First sentence: Although spacecraft with components that must be cooled to cryogenic temperatures of 2 to 150 K have been flown since the 1960s, recent years have seen a substantial growth in the emerging number of programs that include such spacecraft to service scientific, military, and weather observation missions.