Advanced Survivable Radiator Development Program
Abstract
The objective of the program was to analyze, develop, and test an advanced space radiator which would reject waste heat and also survive both the natural environment and the environments for multiple hostile threats. This program defined two phases of work consisting of six tasks in Phase 1 and eight tasks in Phase 2. The purpose of Phase 1 was to assess the feasibility of the ASR approach. Phase 1 planned to evaluate and develop design options through an iterative process of design, analysis, and test. The purpose of Phase 2 was to design, fabricate, and test prototype radiators consisting of heat pipes integrated into the ASR concept. This phase planned to conduct thermal performance and survivability tests on these prototypes to establish the suitability of the ASR for application to near term AF and SDI systems. Because of funding limitations, all activities were terminated following the first task of Phase 1. This task consisted of the analysis and design tradeoff efforts required to determine performance requirements for the ASR. MDSS successfully completed these efforts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA271932
Entities
People
- D. L. Johnson
- G. W. Glover
- J. B. Blackman
- J. Kirby
- R. E. Drubka