This work is about the theory and methods of controlling the temperature of a satellite. It presents satellite thermal control as an organized engineering discipline systematically derived from the principles of heat transfer. The treatment is thorough but consciously readable and tutorial requiring only basic knowledge of physics and mathematics as prerequisite. Although the main thrust is to give spacecraft managers and systems engineers a background for directing and advising during the evolution of a satellite thermal design, there is enough in here to attract students and aerospace engineers of all specialties. For those already involved in satellite thermal control, the book provides a source of data and a reference to the problems and methods of solution encountered in their trade. All the illustrations and numerical examples refer directly to actual situations. Significant selections are cited from the innumerable publications that have appeared since the launch of Sputnik in 1957. The result is a comprehensive textbook of one of the most important aspects in the design of satellites.
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About the Author Robert Karam is a consultant thermal engineer who has been in aerospace since its inception in the late fifties. He lectures and has written a number of papers on the subject, including a contribution to Satellite Thermal Control Handbook. He earned his masters degree in engineering science from the Catholic University of America.
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This is an interesting reference book for satellite thermal control. There are a few quite significant examples in most chapters that give readers deep impressions on the application of thermal control. However, the last chapter (Thermal Verification Tests) is the weakest place and needs to be improved greatly in this book because only brief descriptions and statements (without any good examples like the previous chapters) in the thermal balance test. From my personal experience, the verification by test is the most important and formidable area for, not only thermal engineers but also system engineers, in the satellite thermal control development.
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SATELLITES perform better and last longer when their components remain within certain temperature limits, usually, but not always, near the level at which they are assembled. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thermal balance test, normal incident fluxes, cold case conditions, grooved heat pipes, louvered radiators, louvers plane, incident heating flux, thermal control heaters, solar impingement, extendable elements, flight allowables, low solar absorptivity, multilayered insulation, orbital fluxes, shielded louvers, hemispherical emission, shroud temperature, vapor node, satellite thermal control, solar vector, heat transport capability, thermal hardware, conductance heat pipe, heat rejection capability, actuator housing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Long Duration Exposure Facility, Satellite Thermal Control Handbook, The Aerospace Corp, Geosynchronous First, Air Force, Fairchild Space Company, Multimission Modular Spacecraft, Final Engineering Performance Report, Journal of Geophysical Research, Monte Carlo, Goddard Space Flight Center, Near-Earth First, Society of Automotive Engineers, Space First Post-Retrieval Symposium, System Improved Numerical Differencing Analyzer New!
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SATELLITES perform better and last longer when their components remain within certain temperature limits, usually, but not always, near the level at which they are assembled. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thermal balance test, normal incident fluxes, cold case conditions, grooved heat pipes, louvered radiators, louvers plane, incident heating flux, thermal control heaters, solar impingement, extendable elements, flight allowables, low solar absorptivity, multilayered insulation, orbital fluxes, shielded louvers, hemispherical emission, shroud temperature, vapor node, satellite thermal control, solar vector, heat transport capability, thermal hardware, conductance heat pipe, heat rejection capability, actuator housing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Long Duration Exposure Facility, Satellite Thermal Control Handbook, The Aerospace Corp, Geosynchronous First, Air Force, Fairchild Space Company, Multimission Modular Spacecraft, Final Engineering Performance Report, Journal of Geophysical Research, Monte Carlo, Goddard Space Flight Center, Near-Earth First, Society of Automotive Engineers, Space First Post-Retrieval Symposium, System Improved Numerical Differencing Analyzer New!
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- Fundamentals of Heat Transfer by Frank P. Incropera on 4 pages
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- Tactical and Strategic Missile Guidance, Fourth Edition (Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics) by Paul Zarchan in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Radiation Heat Transfer (Series in Thermal and Fluids Engineering) by E. M. Sparrow on page 65, and page 66
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