Questions tagged [herschel-space-telescope]
The Herschel Space Telescope was an ESA/NASA joint project to study some of the distant gas formations, seeking to understand the formation of galaxies. It operated from 2009-2013 and was placed into a heliocentric orbit and shut down.
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Why did the Herschel Space Telescope need helium coolant?
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The Wikipedia entry says this
On 29 April 2013, ESA announced that Herschel's supply of liquid helium, used to cool the instruments and detectors on board, had ...
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Where did the Herschel Space Telescope go in 2013?
The Herschel space telescope wins as largest optical telescope mirror in space when "optical" includes far infrared (~55 µm). The Wikipedia article Herschel Space Observatory lists the orbit ...
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