To provide spacecraft thermal design engineers with the data needed to define the earth albedo and emission, we have analyzed data from the Earth Radiation Balance Experiment (ERBE) over a period of 36 months, covering orbital inclinations of 57 and 99 degrees. Design values of the albedo and earth emission can be obtained from this data directly; however, we present an earth-map (zonal) method for computing design values for any orbital parameters. In addition, the zonal method permits less pessimistic assumptions to be made in a proof-of-design simulation.


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    Title :

    Spacecraft Thermal Environment Near Earth


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers



    Conference:

    International Conference on Environmental Systems ; 1995



    Publication date :

    1995-07-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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