Thermal Design of the Lunar Exploring Spacecraft

972469

07/01/1997

Event
International Conference on Environmental Systems
Authors Abstract
Content
The thermal design of the LUNAR-A spacecraft, investigating the internal structure of the moon, is a challenge due to the widely varying thermal environments. A passive thermal control philosophy of radiators, multilayer insulation (MLI) and heaters was used for the LUNAR-A thermal design. Verification of the design was performed separately for the major spacecraft modules which consisted of a main structure, a propulsion subsystem and penetrators. As consequence, acceptable thermal performance can be expected for all phases of the mission. This paper describes the thermal design, analysis, thermal model testing and in-orbit temperature predictions.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/972469
Pages
8
Citation
Ohnishi, A., Kobayashi, Y., Matsufuji, Y., Miyazaki, S. et al., "Thermal Design of the Lunar Exploring Spacecraft," SAE Technical Paper 972469, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4271/972469.
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Published
Jul 1, 1997
Product Code
972469
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English