One Year in Orbit: AGILE Satellite TCS Performance 2008-01-2066
The ASI (Italian Space Agency) AGILE satellite has been launched on April, 23rd 2007 by a PSLV rocket from Shrikariota spaceport, in India.
Its payload, called AGILE as well (for Astro-rivelatore Gamma a Immagini LEggero) is an instrument for near-earth space research: its scientific instrumentation has optimal imaging capabilities in both the gamma-ray energy range (30 MeV - 30 GeV) and hard X-ray range (15 - 45 keV). It will study all the phenomena occurring in the high energy spectrum, such as: Active Galactic Nuclei, Gamma Ray Bursts, Gamma-ray Galactic Diffuse Emission, and more.
The first 10 months in orbit are reviewed, in light of the thermal control system performance compared with the numerical and experimental predictions.
Citation: Molina, M., Bellini, M., Annoni, G., and Sabatini, P., "One Year in Orbit: AGILE Satellite TCS Performance," SAE Technical Paper 2008-01-2066, 2008, https://doi.org/10.4271/2008-01-2066. Download Citation
Author(s):
Marco Molina, Marco Trivini Bellini, Giovanni Annoni, Paolo Sabatini
Affiliated:
Carlo Gavazzi Space
Pages: 10
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Control systems
Satellites
Imaging and visualization
Research and development
Emissions
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