The critical facility on IML-1
Abstract
Some technical highlights of the Critical Point Facility (CPF), an instrument dedicated to the study of transparent fluids around their critical point which was successfully flown on the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-1) launched in Jan. 1992 are presented. The following are considered: the downlink of data and video images in real time; the downlink of digital video images; the CPF commanding capability; and the commercial photocamera to acquire high resolution images of interferometric patterns.
- Publication:
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8th European Symposium on Materials and Fluid Sciences in Microgravity
- Pub Date:
- August 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992mfsm.conf..917D
- Keywords:
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- Critical Point;
- Research Facilities;
- Space Laboratories;
- Spaceborne Experiments;
- Spacelab Payloads;
- Cameras;
- Downlinking;
- Optical Measurement;
- Video Communication;
- Spacecraft Design, Testing and Performance