eROSITA (extended ROentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array) is a powerful X-ray telescope under development by the Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE) in Garching, Germany. eROSITA is the core instrument on the Russian SRG1 mission which is planned for launch in 2011. It comprises seven nested Wolter-I grazing incidence telescopes, each equipped with its own CCD camera. The mirror modules have to be maintained at 20°C while the cameras are operated at -80°C. Both, mirrors and CCDs have to be kept within tight limits. The CCD cooling system consists of passive thermal control components only: two radiators, variable conductance heat pipes (VCHP) and two special thermal storage units. The orbit scenario imposes severe challenges on the thermal control system and also on the attitude control system.This paper deals with the evaluation of the orbit parameters and the definition of the constraints for the thermal control system which are needed to match the temperature requirements. It presents the selected thermal control solution, its predicted performance and reports on test results obtained from an engineering model.


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    Title :

    eROSITA Camera Low Temperature Thermal Control


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Conference On Environmental Systems ; 2008



    Publication date :

    2008-01-29




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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