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Thermal control surfaces experiment flight system performance
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Wilkes, Donald R. Hummer, Leigh L. Zwiener, James M. |
| Copyright Year | 1991 |
| Description | The Thermal Control Surfaces Experiment (TCSE) is the most complex system, other than the LDEF, retrieved after long term space exposure. The TCSE is a microcosm of complex electro-optical payloads being developed and flow by NASA and the DoD including SDI. The objective of TCSE was to determine the effects of the near-Earth orbital environment and the LDEF induced environment on spacecraft thermal control surfaces. The TCSE was a comprehensive experiment that combined in-space measurements with extensive post flight analyses of thermal control surfaces to determine the effects of exposure to the low earth orbit space environment. The TCSE was the first space experiment to measure the optical properties of thermal control surfaces the way they are routinely measured in a lab. The performance of the TCSE confirms that low cost, complex experiment packages can be developed that perform well in space. |
| File Size | 2112503 |
| Page Count | 45 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19910020880 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t0gv0hf4q |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1991-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance Thermal Control Coatings Thermal Protection Low Earth Orbits Aerospace Environments Temperature Effects Spaceborne Experiments Extraterrestrial Radiation Temperature Control Electro-optics Long Duration Exposure Facility Earth Orbits Satellite Temperature Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
