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The Herschel Space Telescope required helium coolant for instruments
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Is it true that the Herschel Space Telescope required helium coolant for instruments?
Yes. 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. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope
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Details Herschel's superfluid helium tank and cooling mechanism for its instruments.
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OpenAIRE: Thermal Testing of the Herschel EPLM STM. (2007). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.4271/2007-01-3021
Explains that Herschel carried a liquid helium cryostat to achieve the required instrument temperatures.
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OpenAIRE: Superfluid Helium Cryostat Customisation. (2017). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60024-6_9
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