A second surface mirror type coating, vapor deposited silver on FEP Teflon, was used as a thermal control surface for one of the experiments aboard the Imp-I spacecraft. This coating was selected to obtain the low operating temperature required for this experiment. Initial flight temperature of this thermal control surface was -70.5 C, very close to the predicted value of -73 C and at a very satisfactory level. Since temperatures within the spacecraft interior are not at this desired low level, the detectors had to be mounted exterior to the spacecraft with a good view of space, preferably in an area shaded from sunlight. When this latter preference proved unobtainable, the detectors were mounted on an aluminum plate located on the exterior of the spacecraft, parallel to the spin axis but rotating about the solar vector. The mounting plate was approximately 6.5 inches by 7.5 inches by 0.125 inches thick. To achieve the desired temperature level with the mounting plate in such a location, the thermal design had to minimize not only the effects of the relatively warm spacecraft environment but also the effects of the incident solar energy. (Author)


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    Titel :

    Spaceflight Performance of Silver Coated Fep Teflon as a Thermal Control Surface on the Imp-1 Spacecraft


    Beteiligte:
    R. H. Hoffman (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1973


    Format / Umfang :

    8 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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