News from the Cryogenic Qualification Model (CQM) tests in Liège
Thursday 6 October 2005
The Cryogenic Qualification Model (CQM) of the Planck satellite is beeing
tested at the CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège).
On Monday 26 September, HFI goes down to 100/101 mK on the cold end of the
dilution cooler, in the CQM S/C configuration, at CSL plants, in Focal 5
vacuum chamber. The bolometer plate reaches 107 mK. It was achieved during
a second cool down, after 3 weeks of investigations or/and instrument test
phases involving only the 4K and 1.6K stages.
See online : ESA-Belgium