Thermal Control Design Conception of the Amazonia-1 Satellite

Authors

  • Douglas Felipe Silva Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais - INPE São José dos Campos/SP
  • Issamu Muraoka Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais - INPE São José dos Campos/SP
  • Ezio Castejon Garcia Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica - ITA São José dos Campos/SP

Keywords:

Amazonia-1 satellite, Satellite thermal control, Thermal mathematical model

Abstract

Amazonia-1 is a Brazilian remote sensing satellite providing mainly images, in order to observe and monitor deforestation, especially in the Amazon region. This paper describes the thermal control design, which uses passive and active concepts. The active thermal control is based on heaters regulated by software via thermistors.
The passive thermal control consists of multi-layer insulation
blankets and radiators, paints, surface finishes to maintain
temperature level of the overall carrier components within an acceptable value. The thermal control design is supported by thermal analysis using thermal mathematical model. The temperatures and heater power are predicted for critical cases.

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Published

2014-05-28

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 2 (2014): APR./JUN.2014

Section

Original Papers

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