The Cluster Mission envisages an in situ investigation of the Earth's plasma environment using four identical spinning spacecraft flying simultaneously. The wide environmental scenario and the limited spacecraft resources are discussed as main drivers for the thermal control subsystem. The most suitable thermal design concept and required components/materials were selected. Subsequently, this thermal design concept was elaborated using a spacecraft level ESATAN (ESA Thermal Analysis Network) thermal mathematical model. The resulting performance is illustrated giving particular emphasis to the operational procedures established to survive the few considerably long eclipses and to rapidly recover from those. A future outlook is given to the development and verification aspects.
Thermal Control Concept for the Cluster Scientific Satellite
1991
6 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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