THERMAL CONTROL SURFACE RESEARCH AT THE ROYAL AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHMENT.

Abstract

The report defines four basic classes of thermal control surface and the research being carried out on each type of surface. Details are given of the apparatus used to measure the reflectance properties of the surfaces and the facilities available to simulate the space environment. Finally, a description is given of the preliminary design of a satellite-borne experiment designed to test thermal control surfaces in space. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0688908

Entities

People

  • Amy E. Smith

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Environments
  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Control Surfaces
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Environment
  • Reflectance
  • Space Environments
  • Surfaces
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Software Engineering
  • Spectroscopy.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space