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Cooling very sensitive instruments in space requires specialized cryocoolers (not always exactly FPSC, but conceptually similar mechanical cryogenic coolers):
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1.Diagram of cryocooling on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), showing the location of the cryocooler supporting a mid-IR instrument.
2.Hardware photo of an actual cryocooler, like used on space missions to cool detectors down to cryogenic temperatures.
3.Example of a cryocooler unit used in space infrared detection systems (illustrative).
4.Close-up of a cryogenic cooler cold head and components seen in research/instrument development.
Space instruments (Earth observation, astronomy, planetary probes) often use cryocoolers to chill focal planes of spectrometers and cameras to ∼40 K or below so that thermal noise doesn’t overwhelm the signal.