NASA's Next Telescope
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Since the telescope will be operating at extremely cold temperatures (30 to 55 K), it must not generate heat that could drown out the radiation scientists are trying to detect. Engineers at Northrop Grumman have designed a large sun shield (below) to block the heat of the Sun and Earth. It consists of five layers of silicon-coated Kapton to reflect the Sun’s heat back into space.
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