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European Polar Platform ENVISAT-1 Mission: Thermal Design and Payload Thermal Accommodation
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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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Dolce, S., Spinella, G., Pieper, P., and Lusteau, C., "European Polar Platform ENVISAT-1 Mission: Thermal Design and Payload Thermal Accommodation," SAE Technical Paper 941572, 1994, https://doi.org/10.4271/941572.Also In
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- Thermal Control Design of the European Polar Platform Braund P. Lusteau C. Pieper B. presented at 22 ICES
- The ESA Polar Platform - A work horse for future Earth Observation missions Reibaldi G. Cendral C. presented at 43 IAF
- PPF Payload Equipment Bay thermal control aspects Cataloglu A. Argles P. Pieper B. presented at 24 ICES