The European Polar Platform is a remote sensing satellite with the primary objective, in the ENVISAT-1 P/L configuration, to monitor and study the earth and its environment.The platform thermal design is passive assisted by heaters. Externally mounted P/Ls are responsible for their-own thermal control and are required to be thermally decoupled from the platform. The P/L thermal design is largely dependent on their detectors required temperature and stability. A wide range of design solutions is found: Stirling cycle coolers, Peltier elements, passive radiant coolers, heat pipe radiators.This paper describes the overall thermal design of the platform and the P/Ls, the principles of the selected ENVISAT-1 P/L accommodation, the relevant P/L to platform I/F design solutions and outlines the platform and P/Ls thermal verification logic.


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    Title :

    European Polar Platform ENVISAT-1 Mission: Thermal Design and Payload Thermal Accommodation


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:
    Lusteau, C. (author) / Spinella, G. (author) / Pieper, P. (author) / Dolce, S. (author)

    Conference:

    International Conference On Environmental Systems ; 1994



    Publication date :

    1994-06-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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