A NASA mission that will travel close to the sun requires a unique heatshield to protect the spacecraft and the instruments from the peak flux of 400 W/cm(sup 2) found at the mission's perihelion of 4 solar radii (~ 0.02 AU).


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    Title :

    The Solar Probe Heatshield Development


    Contributors:
    Randolph, J. (author) / Imbriale, W. (author) / Miyake, R. (author) / Pierson, E. (author) / Dirling, R. (author)

    Conference:

    Tri-Service Symposium on Advancements in Heatshield Technology


    Publication date :

    2000-05-10


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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