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deglr6328
post Oct 14 2005, 05:01 AM
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How much cryogen does Spitzer have remaining in its dewar? Do they know, or are they just waiting to see a temperature rise after complete boil-off? Can't find much info on the website.
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- deglr6328   Spitzer Liquid He   Oct 14 2005, 05:01 AM
- - DEChengst   Don't know about the current estimate, but dur...   Nov 9 2005, 10:13 PM
- - deglr6328   wow, weird that GP-B's only lasted a single ye...   Nov 10 2005, 08:01 AM
- - djellison   But GP-B had to be kept a lot lot colder than Spit...   Nov 10 2005, 09:44 AM
- - deglr6328   mmmnah same temp I think. Superfluid He at ~1.5K. ...   Nov 10 2005, 10:11 AM
|- - tfisher   QUOTE (deglr6328 @ Nov 10 2005, 06:11 AM)Or m...   Nov 10 2005, 03:59 PM
|- - hendric   Will Spitzer be useful once the Helium runs out?   Nov 10 2005, 10:29 PM
|- - Circum   Keep in mind that some of GPB's helium was use...   Nov 10 2005, 10:37 PM
- - djellison   Nope - you're right - same temp. - for some re...   Nov 10 2005, 10:30 AM
- - deglr6328   QUOTE (hendric @ Nov 10 2005, 10:29 PM)Will S...   Nov 12 2005, 02:48 AM
|- - ljk4-1   Spitzer Space Telescope article in December, 2005 ...   Dec 5 2005, 05:15 PM
|- - ljk4-1   Astrophysics, abstract astro-ph/0511358 From: Wi...   Jan 16 2006, 08:23 PM
|- - ljk4-1   Astrophysics, abstract astro-ph/0601495 From: Pat...   Jan 24 2006, 07:15 PM
|- - ljk4-1   Paper: astro-ph/0601633 Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02...   Jan 30 2006, 07:13 PM
|- - ljk4-1   News Release: 2006-019 ...   Feb 8 2006, 06:41 PM
|- - ljk4-1   Astrophysics, abstract astro-ph/0602146 From: Don...   Feb 8 2006, 06:47 PM
- - Jeff7   If it is determined that Spitzer is of no use once...   Feb 8 2006, 10:14 PM
|- - tty   QUOTE (Jeff7 @ Feb 9 2006, 12:14 AM)If Spitze...   Feb 8 2006, 10:31 PM
|- - Jeff7   QUOTE (tty @ Feb 8 2006, 05:31 PM)Definitely ...   Feb 8 2006, 10:43 PM
|- - ljk4-1   QUOTE (Jeff7 @ Feb 8 2006, 05:43 PM)Really? C...   Feb 8 2006, 11:41 PM
|- - ljk4-1   News Release: 2006-022 ...   Feb 15 2006, 08:14 PM
|- - ljk4-1   Distant inferno: Cornell astronomer finds galaxies...   Feb 15 2006, 09:38 PM
|- - ljk4-1   NASA's Spitzer Makes Hot Alien World the Close...   Feb 22 2006, 08:06 PM
- - ljk4-1   TIME AND SPACE - Spitzer Sees Back 9 Billion Year...   Mar 22 2006, 12:33 PM
- - ljk4-1   Review: The Last of the Great Observatories --- T...   May 15 2006, 02:49 PM
- - Analyst   This presentation says the LHe will last approx. 5...   Oct 13 2006, 10:32 AM
- - mps   NASA's Spitzer Telescope Warms Up To New Caree...   May 7 2009, 12:18 PM
|- - MahFL   Can anyone tell us how long Spitzer might operate ...   May 7 2009, 12:42 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (MahFL @ May 7 2009, 08:42 AM) Can ...   May 7 2009, 04:31 PM
||- - NGC3314   They do get advice from (in this case) a panel of ...   May 18 2009, 02:22 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (MahFL @ May 7 2009, 07:42 AM) Can ...   Jan 9 2020, 02:47 AM
|- - brellis   JPL News Release Spitzer has been put into Safe Mo...   Feb 2 2020, 04:44 PM
- - stevesliva   First I've heard of Spitzer Warm Mission resul...   Apr 2 2010, 08:34 PM
- - stevesliva   I have seen a couple of headlines on this pass by ...   May 18 2023, 07:15 PM
- - nprev   Seems like a tech demo mission above all else, and...   May 18 2023, 11:12 PM
|- - marsbug   Actually I've been wondering about this: There...   May 19 2023, 10:48 PM
- - stevesliva   The other thing ... JWST is operational, and cover...   May 20 2023, 03:35 AM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (stevesliva @ May 20 2023, 03:35 AM...   May 25 2023, 09:54 PM
- - nprev   That 'most complex' quote is from a compan...   May 20 2023, 06:10 AM
|- - StargazeInWonder   I'll note here that the temperature in the per...   May 20 2023, 07:10 AM
|- - marsbug   QUOTE (nprev @ May 20 2023, 07:10 AM) Tha...   May 24 2023, 08:39 AM
- - siravan   Sending an IR telescope to the permanently shaded ...   May 20 2023, 02:11 PM
- - nprev   Veering off topic here...let's not do that ple...   May 20 2023, 07:12 PM
- - StargazeInWonder   On the note of JWST time, that's quite scarce,...   May 22 2023, 01:10 AM


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