Thermal Design, Testing and On-Orbit Performance of the Italsat Communication Satellites Alenia Spazio S.p.A

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Sacchi, Enrico, author.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Environmental Systems (1995-07-10 : San Diego, California, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1995

Summary:

The ITALSAT telecommunication system is based on the operation of two geostationary satellites:The thermal design of the satellites was extensively verified by analysis and test including a Solar Simulation thermal balance on the structural-thermal model and thermal vacuum - thermal balance on flight models. Additionally, on-orbit temperature data from the protoflight model is available for equinox and solstices 24 hours transients. The results have been statistically processed and compared with test data and correlation analysis in order to provide a reliable background for thermal control design and verification of future similar telecommunication satellites

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Publisher Number:

951749

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