Deployed Equipment Modules for Satellite Architecture Improvement

Abstract

Deployed equipment modules for satellite architecture improvement (DEMSAI) provide ample thermal radiator for area limited small satellites that typically deploy large area solar panels from a relatively small mainbody. Rectangular box shaped equipment modules are deployed from a compact stowed assembly to offer each of their six side panel exteriors as potential radiator area. Equipment packages are mounted to the interior of these panels. The resultant increase in radiator area translates to an increase in the power handling capacity of small, fixed body satellites without resort to deployed radiators.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 24, 1998
Accession Number
ADD019045

Entities

People

  • Nelson L. Hyman

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Assembly
  • Control Systems
  • Deployment
  • Heat Pipes
  • Inventions
  • Patent Applications
  • Patents
  • Radiation
  • Satellite Buses
  • Small Satellites
  • Solar Cells
  • Solar Panels
  • Temperature Control
  • Thermal Radiation
  • Thermal Switches
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Software Engineering
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites