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    In spacecraft design, the function of the thermal control system (TCS) is to keep all the spacecraft's component systems within acceptable temperature...
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  • intelligently for thermal control, and also for guidance: short propulsive maneuvers must be executed in the right direction. Attitude control of spacecraft is maintained...
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    exchanger Thermal Control System Thermodynamic equilibrium Industrial automation Spacecraft thermal control Media related to Temperature control at Wikimedia...
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  • sensing in space is usually very specific to spacecraft, Thermal engineering for the design of the thermal control subsystem (including radiators, iinsulation...
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    Francis Group. ISBN 978-1-4665-9326-8. Meseguer, José. (2012). Spacecraft thermal control. Isabel Pérez-Grande, Angel Sanz-Andrés. Cambridge: Woodhead Pub...
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    Heat pipe (category Spacecraft components)
    parts.[citation needed] The spacecraft thermal control system has the function to keep all components on the spacecraft within their acceptable temperature...
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    available, for example when a low Earth orbit spacecraft is eclipsed by Earth. Thermal control Spacecraft must be engineered to withstand transit through...
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    early United States crewed spacecraft and the current SpaceX Crew Dragon, which splash down in the ocean. Thermal control system – sistema obespecheniya...
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  • outer space and distributing it to Earth Spacecraft thermal control – Process of keeping all parts of a spacecraft within acceptable temperature ranges Starshade –...
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  • Richard K. (9 July 2007). "Optimized Nanofluid Coolants for Spacecraft Thermal Control Systems". SAE Technical Paper Series. Vol. 1. pp. 2007–01–3128...
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    toilet in addition to three instrument bays with radio equipment and thermal control systems. Up to six crew members could be seated in the middeck during...
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    damaged the spacecraft's onboard communications and power systems. An electrical short occurred in a power cell used to control the attitude control heating...
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    microchips, and Mylar films with uses ranging from capacitors to spacecraft thermal control. Evaporation involves two basic processes: a hot source evaporates...
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    CubeSat (redirect from U-class spacecraft)
    battery. Other spacecraft thermal control techniques in small satellites include specific component placement based on expected thermal output of those...
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    Earth, and became the first spacecraft to orbit an outer planet. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory built the Galileo spacecraft and managed the Galileo program...
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  • accurately accounting for thermal forces was hard, because it needed telemetry records of the spacecraft temperatures and a detailed thermal model, neither of...
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    supporting saturation diving projects Spacecraft thermal control – Process of keeping all parts of a spacecraft within acceptable temperature ranges Submarine#Life...
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  • planetary defense, space systems engineering, space power, and spacecraft thermal control. The Engineering and Technology Group is Aerospace's core science...
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    Processor Solid State Recorder (SSR) Propulsion Subsystem Thermal Control Subsystem The spacecraft bus has two star trackers, six reaction wheels, and the...
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    Multi-layer insulation (category Thermal protection)
    Multi-layer insulation (MLI) is thermal insulation composed of multiple layers of thin sheets and is often used on spacecraft and cryogenics. Also referred...
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  • properties allows engineers to control temperature gradient, prevent thermal shock, and maximize the efficiency of thermal systems. Furthermore, these principles...
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    intractable when the entire spacecraft is designed to absorb as much solar radiation as possible. Traditional spacecraft thermal control systems such as radiative...
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    structure, thermal control, electrical power, attitude control and telemetry, tracking and commanding. JPL divides the "flight system" of a spacecraft into...
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  • of a modern uncrewed spacecraft during which all non-essential systems are shut down and only essential functions such as thermal management, radio reception...
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    AJ10 engine provides the spacecraft's primary propulsion, while eight R-4D-11 engines, and six pods of custom reaction control system engines developed...
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    The Apollo spacecraft was composed of three parts designed to accomplish the American Apollo program's goal of landing astronauts on the Moon by the end...
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    Lunar lander (category Landers (spacecraft))
    (2003). Spacecraft Thermal Control Handbook (2nd ed.). Segundo, California: Aerospace Press. ISBN 1-884989-11-X. "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details"...
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    Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial satellites. In-space propulsion exclusively deals with propulsion systems...
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    Satellite bus (redirect from Spacecraft bus)
    Electrical power system (EPS) Propulsion Thermal control Attitude control system (ACS) Guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) system Structures and trusses...
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    A thermal vacuum chamber (TVAC) is a vacuum chamber in which the radiative thermal environment is controlled. Typically the thermal environment is achieved...
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