Thermal Management Technologies Keep Satellite Cool

TBMG-16821

07/01/2013

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NASA’s Landsat 8 Earth-observation satellite, part of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), launched into orbit on February 11, 2013. The satellite is intended to monitor environmental, natural, and manmade changes to the Earth’s surface using two sensitive data-collecting instruments, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS). Throughout the Landsat 8 mission, internal heat generated by the satellite’s electronics must continually be rejected to outer space; maintenance and adjustments are impossible after launch.

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"Thermal Management Technologies Keep Satellite Cool," Mobility Engineering, July 1, 2013.
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Jul 1, 2013
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TBMG-16821
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English