Thermal Design, Analysis and Testing of the Halogen Occultation Experiment 871439
This paper briefly introduces the Halogen Occultation Experiment (HALOE) and describes the thermal requirements in some detail. The thermal design of the HALOE is described, together with the design process and the analytical techniques used to arrive at this design. The flight hardware has undergone environmental testing in a thermal vacuum chamber to validate the thermal design. The HALOE is a unique problem in thermal control due to its variable solar loading, its extremely sensitive optical components and the high degree of pointing accuracy required. This paper describes the flight hardware, the design process and its verification.
Citation: Foss, R. and Smith, D., "Thermal Design, Analysis and Testing of the Halogen Occultation Experiment," SAE Technical Paper 871439, 1987, https://doi.org/10.4271/871439. Download Citation
Author(s):
Richard A. Foss, Dewey M. Smith
Affiliated:
NASA, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
Pages: 10
Event:
Intersociety Conference on Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 1987 Transactions: Aerospace-V96-6
Related Topics:
Design processes
Environmental testing
Hardware
Sun and solar
Vacuum
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