Upcoming planetary missions and the applicability of high-temperature superconductor bolometers

John C. Brasunas; Virgil G. Kunde; Samuel Harvey Moseley Jr.; Brook Lakew

doi:10.1117/12.21041

1 October 1990 Upcoming planetary missions and the applicability of high-temperature superconductor bolometers

John C. Brasunas, Virgil G. Kunde, Samuel Harvey Moseley Jr., Brook Lakew

Proceedings Volume 1292, Superconductivity Applications for Infrared and Microwave Devices; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.21041
Event: 1990 Technical Symposium on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1990, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Past and present planetary exploration is briefly reviewed, and the planned 1996 Cassini mission to Saturn and Titan is examined. The CIRS experiment aboard Cassini, which will retrieve information on the atmospheres of Titan and Saturn, is discussed. Ongoing efforts to build a high-sensitivity, high-Tc bolometer that would greatly improve detection in Titan's atmosphere are addressed.

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John C. Brasunas, Virgil G. Kunde, Samuel Harvey Moseley Jr., and Brook Lakew "Upcoming planetary missions and the applicability of high-temperature superconductor bolometers", Proc. SPIE 1292, Superconductivity Applications for Infrared and Microwave Devices, (1 October 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.21041

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