Thermal Design of the ORBCOMM Constellation Spacecraft Orbital Sciences Corporation

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

DeMauro, Frank, author.

Conference Name:

International Conference On Environmental Systems (1996-07-08 : Monterey, California, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1996

Summary:

The thermal design strategy is discussed as it relates to the production of up to 34 identical small satellites in a relatively short period of time. Tight production and launch schedules and the need to design for low mass, risk, and cost presented a design challenge for all disciplines. A specific arrangement of passive thermal control features, including ITO-coated AgTef covered structure radiators, MLI, and software controlled heaters established a robust design. Thermal modeling of the bus and unique antenna are presented including a comparison between the predicted and required component temperature ranges. Also described are the primary mission objective, the spacecraft configuration, requirements and design drivers, mission environments, and design parameters

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Publisher Number:

961491

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Restricted for use by site license