Spacecraft with aerodynamic control

    公开(公告)号:US10562647B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-18

    申请号:US15849289

    申请日:2017-12-20

    发明人: Andrew E. Turner

    摘要: A spacecraft operating in a low earth orbit having an altitude in the range of 160 to 800 km has a main body that includes heat dissipating electrical equipment and an earth-facing payload. Control surfaces on the spacecraft are articulated so as to: provide three-axis attitude control to the spacecraft main body using aerodynamic drag effects, such that the earth-facing payload is maintained in a selected orientation with respect to the earth; and control one or both of orbit altitude and period by articulating the control surfaces so as to regulate an amount of aerodynamic drag. The control surfaces include a first control surface disposed, in an on-orbit configuration, on a boom, the boom being mechanically coupled with the main body, and with one or both of a solar array electrically coupled with the electrical equipment and a thermal radiating array thermally coupled with the electrical equipment.

    Telecommunications satellite architecture

    公开(公告)号:US10207825B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-19

    申请号:US15108780

    申请日:2014-12-24

    摘要: A telecommunications satellite stabilized on three axes includes a set of dissipative equipment constituting a payload of the satellite. The satellite includes support data transmission antennas and is substantially parallelepipedal in shape with the panels forming two opposite faces, east and west faces. The panels form two additional opposite faces, north and south faces, and include radiator surfaces on their external faces. The radiator surfaces are configured to cool the electronic equipment of the satellite. The equipment installed on the north and south panels dissipate thermal power corresponding to less than 25% of the total dissipated power.

    RADIATOR, AS WELL AS SPACE VEHICLE STRUCTURE COMPRISING SUCH RADIATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20190016482A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-17

    申请号:US16133879

    申请日:2018-09-18

    发明人: Bruin Benthem

    IPC分类号: B64G1/50 F28F21/02

    摘要: A radiator comprising at least one heat conductive layer having an in-plane heat conductivity of at least 500 W/mK and at least one heat emission layer in contact with the heat conductive layer, wherein the emission layer has an exposed surface with an emissivity of at least 0.7. Preferably, the heat conductive layer comprises a carbon-based material. The radiator is to be used in combination with a space vehicle structure, and due to its flexible character may be conformed to the particular shapes of such structure.

    Artificial satellite
    26.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10155597B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-18

    申请号:US15750980

    申请日:2016-08-10

    摘要: Disclosed is an artificial satellite including one face from the North face and the South face supporting at least one main radiator having an outer face turned towards space and an inner face opposite the outer face. The satellite includes a bearing structure carrying the North face, the South face, the East face and the West face. At least one part of the at least one main radiator protrudes from at least one face from the East face and the West face. The inner face of the at least one protruding part is covered with a high infrared emissivity material. The value of the dimension of the at least one protruding part is between 19% and 50% of the value of the distance between the East and West faces.

    HEAT EXCHANGE DEVICE FOR ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE, WALL AND ASSEMBLY OF WALLS COMPRISING SUCH A HEAT EXCHANGE DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20180320983A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-08

    申请号:US15772444

    申请日:2016-11-16

    摘要: Disclosed is a heat exchange device for effecting a heat exchange between a heat transfer fluid of a first network of capillary heat pipes and a heat transfer fluid of a second network of capillary heat pipes. The heat exchange device includes a solid block provided with a first channel and a second channel which are independent of one another, the first channel having at least one opening intended to be connected to a capillary heat pipe of the first network, the second channel having at least one opening intended to be connected to a capillary heat pipe of the second network, the first channel having a portion which lies near a portion of the second channel such that the heat transfer fluid of the first network is able to exchange heat with the heat transfer fluid of the second network via the heat exchanging portions.

    Artificial Satellite
    28.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10118717B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-06

    申请号:US15565703

    申请日:2016-06-01

    发明人: Andrew Walker

    摘要: Disclosed is an artificial satellite including a battery pack capable of dissipating heat, at least one radiator capable of conveying the heat dissipated by the battery pack into space, and a low-dissipation equipment item having an individual power flux density of less than 250 watts/m2. The satellite includes a thermally insulating cover delimiting, together with the radiator, an interior isothermal zone in which thermal control takes place by radiation, the battery pack and the low-dissipation equipment being arranged in thermally insulating cover. The battery pack has an operating range of between 0° C. and 50° C. and preferably of between 10° C. and 30° C.