Superfluid Helium Orbital Resupply: The Status Of The SHOOT Flight Experiment And Preliminary User Requirements

Michael J DiPirro; Peter Kittel

doi:10.1117/12.948334

27 April 1988 Superfluid Helium Orbital Resupply: The Status Of The SHOOT Flight Experiment And Preliminary User Requirements

Michael J DiPirro, Peter Kittel

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Proceedings Volume 0973, Cryogenic Optical Systems and Instruments III; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.948334
Event: 32nd Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1988, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The Superfluid Helium On-Orbit Transfer (SHOOT) Flight Experiment is designed to demonstrate the components and techniques necessary to resupply superfluid helium to satellites or space station based facilities. A top level description as well as the development status of the critical components to be used in SHOOT are discussed. Some of these components include the thermomechanical pump, the fluid acquisition system, the normal helium and superfluid helium phase separators, venturi flow meter, cryogenic valves, burst disks, and astronaut compatible extra vehicular activity (EVA) coupler and transfer line. The requirements for the control electronics and software are given. A preliminary description of the requirements that must be met by a satellite requiring superfluid helium servicing are given. In particular, minimum and optimum plumbing arrangements are shown, transfer line flow impedance and heat input impacts are assessed, instrumentation described, and performance parameters considered.

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Michael J DiPirro and Peter Kittel "Superfluid Helium Orbital Resupply: The Status Of The SHOOT Flight Experiment And Preliminary User Requirements", Proc. SPIE 0973, Cryogenic Optical Systems and Instruments III, (27 April 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.948334

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