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The Herschel Space Telescope required helium coolant for instruments
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Multiple mission references and technical documents confirm that the Herschel Space Telescope carried a large superfluid helium cryostat to provide necessary cooling for its scientific instruments.

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Wikipedia: Hubble Space Telescope
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OpenAIRE: Thermal Testing of the Herschel EPLM STM
2007 · cited by 0
Details Herschel's superfluid helium tank and cooling mechanism for its instruments.
OpenAIRE: Superfluid Helium Cryostat Customisation
2017 · cited by 0
Explains that Herschel carried a liquid helium cryostat to achieve the required instrument temperatures.
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  1. Wikipedia: Spitzer Space Telescopereferencesame source L1no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  2. Wikipedia: James Webb Space Telescopereferencesame source L1no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. Wikipedia: Hubble Space Telescopereferencesame source L1supports
  4. Book: Encyclopedia of Astrobiologyreferencesupportsnot shown: a book whose author and subject did not establish authority here
  5. OpenAIRE: Thermal Testing of the Herschel EPLM STMpeer-reviewedsupports
  6. OpenAIRE: Superfluid Helium Cryostat Customisationpeer-reviewedsupports
  7. orleans county monitor (barton, vt.) 1872-1953: orleans county monitor (barton, vt.) 1872-1953referencesame source L5no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. st. croix avis (christiansted, st. croix [v.i.]) 1844-current: st. croix avis (christiansted, st. croix [v.i.]) 1844-currentreferencesame source L5no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. new-york daily tribune (new-york [n.y.]) 1842-1866: new-york daily tribune (new-york [n.y.]) 1842-1866referencesame source L5no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. the opelousas courier (opelousas, la.) 1852-1910: the opelousas courier (opelousas, la.) 1852-1910referencesame source L5no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. new-york daily tribune (new-york [n.y.]) 1842-1866: new-york daily tribune (new-york [n.y.]) 1842-1866referencesame source L5no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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