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Herschel's Cryostat and Service Module Mated

Herschel's Cryostat and Service Module Mated

19 September 2007

During the course of the past few months the integration of the Herschel spacecraft has taken place at the Astrium facility in Friedrichshafen, Germany.

The Herschel spacecraft, scheduled for launch in 2008, is ESA's latest mission to explore the infrared Universe. To coincide with the mating of the cryostat and the service module, a media event was held 19 September and full details can be found at:

http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM0ZJJPK6F_index_0.html

In addition a number of images and video footage have been released.

Cryostat assembly and integration of HIFI's focal plane unit. Click here for more details. Build-up of the Herschel spacecraft. Click here for more details.

 

HIFI Instrument

Focal plane unit Annotated illustration Signal combining
Wiring assembly Cleanroom SRON Instrument detail
Dust inspection Technical design Re-imager
Preparations for cold vibration test Preparations for cold vibration test Preparations for cold vibration test

 

PACS Instrument

Focal plane unit Annotated illustration FPU during assembly
Spectrometer detector assembly Spectrometer detectors Spectrometer detectors
Bolometer array Bolometer focal plane Bolometer pixel
Photometer detectors Calibration source Chopper
 
Spectrometer Grating 3He sorption cooler  

 

SPIRE Instrument

Focal plane unit Annotated illustration Photometer detector array
Focal plane unit FPU in cleanroom Beam steering mirror
The photometer's internal components Single bolometer of photometer FPU in cleanroom

 

The Focal Plane

Integration of HIFI's focal plane unit (FPU) with the cryostat Top view of the three instruments' FPUs in the top of the cryostat Cutaway view of Herschel showing the focal plane

 

Cryostat Vacuum Vessel

Three views of the cryostat showing the path of the helium gas that after boiling of from within the helium II tank flows through dedicated pipes first around the instruments (left) and then between the three thermal shields of the cryostat (middle) to finally vent into space (right).

 

Spacecraft

Telescope Solar array, sunshade Cryostat

 

Last Update: 1 September 2019
14-Dec-2024 15:58 UT

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