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  • noun Plural form of cryocooler.

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Examples

  • JWST was designed specifically to operate at Earth-Sun L2, which uniquely allows very efficient passive cooling, and thereby avoids the need for huge amounts of power to do active cooling with failure-prone mechanical cryocoolers.

    Astronauts Once Again Demonstrate Why Humans Must be a Part of Space Exploration - NASA Watch 2009

  • (Stirling cryocoolers have been used for years, but the temperature limits and energy flows are different.)

    NASA/ESA Focus On Outer Planet Missions - NASA Watch 2009

  • A few of Ball's cryogenic product innovations include high performance and next-generation multilayer insulation MLI, dewars and cryostats, cryocoolers, cryoradiators, as well as related components such as vapor cooled shields, struts, and high efficiency heat exchangers.

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  • A world leader in long life, high-reliability cryocoolers for space applications, Northrop Grumman continues to enable sensor performance for critical weather, climate, and science missions.

    News 2010

  • A world leader in long life, high-reliability cryocoolers for space applications, Northrop Grumman continues to enable sensor performance for critical weather, climate, and science missions.

    News 2010

  • Together they plan to research product purity and new materials for cryocoolers.

    Space Business and Industry News at SpaceMart.com 2010

  • Together they plan to research product purity and new materials for cryocoolers.

    Space Business and Industry News at SpaceMart.com 2010

  • Since 1998, more than 90% of the U.S. manufactured long-life pulse tube or Stirling cryocoolers in space have been Northrop Grumman-built.

    News 2010

  • Together they plan to research product purity and new materials for cryocoolers.

    Space Business and Industry News at SpaceMart.com 2010

  • "With 16 cryocoolers now in orbit, two operating continuously for more than 11 years, our heritage cryocoolers and electronics are demonstrating unmatched reliability and performance in space," said Mark Folkman, director of Products and Sensing for Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems.

    News 2010

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