IRS-1C spacecraft is the most advanced civilian remote sensing satellite built in India with a steering panchromatic camera having a ground resolution of 5.8 m. A passive thermal control system (TCS) augmented with manual and auto heaters are provided. The spacecraft completed four years of operation since 28th Dec'95. The TCS of the spacecraft has been very good. Temperature variation of the spacecraft is presented and discussed here. A nominal rise in temperature of the spacecraft observed is found to fit linear equation, and the same could be used to predict a conservative value of the temperature for the next few years.


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    Title :

    Four Years of On- Orbit Thermal Control Experience of IRS-1C Spacecraft


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Conference On Environmental Systems ; 2000



    Publication date :

    2000-07-10




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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