The Prospero thermal control surfaces experiment was conceived as a method of investigating the behaviour of various thermal control surface materials in a space environment. This Report contains the results of laboratory tests on selected materials, the design and construction of the experiment and the analysis of data obtained from the flight of the Prospero spacecraft. It concludes that, while the experiment was not sensitive enough to measure changes in surface radiation properties accurately, it was possible to identify some surfaces as being satisfactory for use and reject others as being completely unsatisfactory. (Author)
The Prospero Thermal Control Surfaces Experiment
1975
112 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Manned Spacecraft , Physics , Heating & Cooling Systems , Temperature control , Spacecraft , Surface properties , Solar radiation , Emittance , Infrared radiation , Ultraviolet radiation , Periodic variations , Surface temperature , Rotation , Gold , Great Britain , Scientific satellites , Prospero spacecraft , TCSE(Thermal control surfaces experiment) , Thermal control surfaces experiment
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