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7275720 Actively cooled ceramic thermal protection system  
An apparatus and method for thermal protection is provided. A thermal protection apparatus includes a porous layer attached to an inner structural member requiring thermal protection. The porous...
7270302 Scalable thermal control system for spacecraft mounted instrumentation  
A spacecraft instrument thermal control method and system providing scalable thermal control of on-board instrument temperature. Adapted for a spacecraft with bus supporting instrumentation and...
7258306 Thermal deformation determination for payload pointing using space-based beacon  
A system and associated method for compensating for thermal deformation of a spaced-based structure having a spacecraft payload. The system including a beacon source coupled to a first spacecraft...
7191984 Thermal design for spacecraft modules  
A thermal management system for a spacecraft module includes a baseplate and wall system that is precharacterized to provide a given level of thermal performance regardless of an orientation of the...
7143813 Foam bumper and radiator for a lightweight heat rejection system  
Methods and apparatus are provided for a lightweight heat rejection system suitable for spacecraft applications. The apparatus comprises a manifold configured with an array of heat pipes in thermal...
7134630 Thermal deformation determination for payload pointing using space-based beacon  
A system and associated method for compensating for thermal deformation of a spaced-based structure having a spacecraft payload. The system including a beacon source coupled to a first spacecraft...
7118076 Satellite comprising means for transferring heat from a shelf supporting equipment to radiator panels  
A satellite, in particular a telecommunication satellite, comprises a structure having a north face and a south face that are oriented perpendicularly to the rotation axis of the Earth and an east...
7080681 Heat pipe component deployed from a compact volume  
A component of a heat pipe assembly ( 100 ) has hollow fluid transport sections ( 108 ) communicating with hollow bendable fluid transport sections ( 110 ); the bendable fluid transport sections (...
7048233 Dual conduction heat dissipating system for a spacecraft  
A system dedicated to dissipating heat produced by amplifier tubes of a spacecraft comprises a radiating panel installed substantially parallel to the amplifier tubes and thermally coupled to them...
7036772 Spacecraft with extensible radiators  
The invention concerns a space craft, such as a telecommunication geostationary satellite, comprising a body, at least one main telecommunication antenna having a specific orientation relative to...
7028953 Two-sided deployable thermal radiator system and method  
A spacecraft heat dissipation method, and a spacecraft having an improved thermal radiator system that uses two-sided deployable thermal radiators that dissipates heat from both front and back...
6883588 Spacecraft radiator system using a heat pump  
Heat dissipating apparatus or system for dissipating heat generated by a payload on a spacecraft having a plurality of surfaces. The system includes at least one radiator-condenser coupled to one...
6857602 Environmental control system and method of using the same  
The present invention is generally directed to an environmental control system (and method of using the same) that is capable of conveying conditioned gases toward at least one target component...
6854510 Spacecraft radiator system and method using cross-coupled deployable thermal radiators  
A spacecraft, along with a spacecraft radiator system and spacecraft heat dissipation method are disclosed. The spacecraft comprises a body, a plurality of solar arrays, and the spacecraft radiator...
6626231 Heat transfer device  
A heat transfer device includes a capillary-pumped first fluid loop including an evaporator situated on a satellite in the vicinity of a source of dissipated heat and a condenser connected by heat...
6511021 Thermal control system for controlling temperature in spacecraft  
A thermal control system controls spacecraft's internal temperature without significantly increasing the mass of the spacecraft, thereby lowering launch expenses and allowing for the utilization of...
6499700 Attachment device for a cryogenic satellite tank  
The present invention relates to an attachment device for a cryogenic satellite tank. In order to achieve adequate rigidity in such an attachment device while reducing the thermal conductivity and...
6481670 Apparatus for spacecraft thermal management  
The present invention provides a thermal, and if desired, a radiation barrier to protect the exterior surface of a spacecraft. In particular, the present invention protects the polymeric materials...
6478258 Spacecraft multiple loop heat pipe thermal system for internal equipment panel applications  
A loop heat pipe cooling system for use on a spacecraft. The loop heat pipe cooling system has loop heat pipes routed from internally facing surfaces of one or more internally located equipment...
6439297 Deployable radiators for spacecraft  
A limiting feature in spacecraft such as communication satellites is becoming the amount of surface such as 5, 6 available for dissipating waste heat from the electrical equipment in the...
6378809 AFT deployable thermal radiators for spacecraft  
In a presently preferred embodiment of this invention a spacecraft includes at least four thermal radiator panels, with a first pair of said panels being initially stowed along a North facing...
6102339 Sun-synchronous sun ray blocking device for use in a spacecraft having a directionally controlled main body  
A sun-synchronous sun ray blocking device for use in a spacecraft having a directionally controlled main body, such as a low inclination angle earth (as well as other planets) orbit spacecraft,...
6098931 Satellite with improved heat sinkage  
A satellite, especially a geostationary satellite, which includes: at least one face (5) which is used as a thermal radiator for the equipment carried on board the satellite (1) and is arranged in...
6080962 Self-contained thermal control for a spacecraft module  
A spacecraft electronics equipment module that is thermally independent of a core spacecraft structure to which it can be mounted. The module takes the form of a thermal radiation panel on which...
6073888 Sequenced heat rejection for body stabilized geosynchronous satellites  
In one embodiment, a thermal radiative system for an earth orbiting satellite including a plurality of faces intermittently exposed to maximum solar illumination comprises a thermal radiator is...
6073887 High power spacecraft with full utilization of all spacecraft surfaces  
A spacecraft for deployment in geosynchronous orbit about the Earth, comprising six face panels which enclose a compartment containing electronic powering components mounted on the interior...
6045609 White pigments stabilized against UV radiation by an oxidizing agent  
6027077 Spacecraft with all-cryogenic electronics  
A spacecraft (10) having a cryogenic cooler (24) that maintains different temperatures in thermally insulated and nested enclosures (26, 28, 12). In the coldest enclosure (26), which is maintained,...
6007026 Quick installation-removal thermal insulation blanket for space craft  
A system for removably mounting a thermal insulation blanket to a structure such as a launch vehicle exterior surface, includes a blanket formed of a layer of batting with a substantially rigid...
6003817 Actively controlled thermal panel and method therefor  
One or more deployable thermal panels (24, 28, 70) are actively controlled throughout the orbit of a satellite (20) to provide thermal dissipation. Adjusting the incident angle between the panel...
5957408 Satellite with east and west battery radiators  
A battery system for an body stabilized satellite traveling in a geosynchronous orbit comprises east and second battery modules and similarly facing radiators for discharging beat to deep space....
5954298 Active spacecraft thermal control system and method  
A spacecraft (10) has combined propulsion and active thermal control systems. A propellant storage tank (20) couples to a pressurant storage tank (18). A working fluid (52) resides in the...
5931418 Functionally independent spacecraft module  
A spacecraft avionics module that is for the most part functionally independent of a core spacecraft structure, and provides its own structural integrity, thermal management and some level of power...
5897080 Externally mountable spacecraft equipment module  
A spacecraft electronics equipment module that is structurally and thermally independent of a core spacecraft structure to which it can be mounted. The module takes the form of a thermal radiation...
5823477 Device and method for minimizing radiator area required for heat dissipation on a spacecraft  
Device and method for minimizing radiator area required for heat dissipation on a satellite. The device includes radiator panels with heat pipes embedded throughout. The embedded heat pipes have...
5823476 Device and method for equalizing heat dissipation between multiple radiators on a spacecraft  
Device and method for more equally distributing heat dissipation between multiple radiators of a satellite. The device includes radiator panels mounted on the satellite, power sources mounted on...
5806803 Spacecraft radiator cooling system  
A heat pipe network for a satellite or spacecraft is disclosed. The network is constructed from formed and straight heat pipes securely connected together with a highly conductive material, such as...
5806800 Dual function deployable radiator cover  
The present invention is a dual function deployable radiator and radiator cover for use on a communication satellite. A deployable radiator is folded or in a "stowed" configuration over a fixed...
5799904 Temperature control for spacecraft inertial control unit  
A spacecraft (10) has an attitude sensor (20) mounted on its body (12). The sensor must be maintained near a temperature setpoint. Each sensor (20) produces its own temperature-indicative signal....
5794890 Shielded radiator  
A lightweight yet reliable radiator panel is provided for use on spacecraft. The radiator panel includes at least one shield positioned over a first surface of the radiator panel, and pipes for...
5787969 Flexible heat transport design for development applications  
A closed-loop heat pipe transport design for a deployment application having a flexible section which connects to a payload structure and a deployable structure. The flexible section is a coil...
5735489 Heat transport system for spacecraft integration  
The present invention relates to an apparatus for transferring heat in a spacecraft. The apparatus includes a flexible heat pipe having a first section, a second section, and a flexible section. A...
5699982 Spacecraft with heat dissipators mounted on thermally coupled shelves  
A spacecraft includes heat-radiating panels. Heat-generating boxes such as TWTs are mounted on shelves which are inside the spacecraft, where they cannot radiate to space. The shelves are coupled...
5687932 Apparatus for removing heat  
An apparatus for removing heat from a thermally highly loaded structure, such as a spacecraft or hypersonic aircraft, is based on an endothermic reaction, and particularly the water gas synthesis...
5681503 Flat sheet CO.sub.2 sorbent  
A technique for preparing a flat sheet, high capacity CO 2 sorbent and sorbent assembly is disclosed. The sorbent, which is in the form of a sheet, can be a metal oxide/alkali metal carbonate...
5678409 Passive three state electromagnetic motor/damper for controlling stirling refrigerator expanders  
A three state EM motor/damper used in a ground-based or space-based Stirling refrigerator expander mechanism provides multiple states of operation to obtain fail safe performance during assembly,...
5665274 Electrically conductive black silicone paint having spacecraft applications  
A spacecraft includes a spacecraft element, such as a deployable antenna, and a black paint on the spacecraft element. The paint has a composition of 100 parts by weight of a methyl phenyl...
5634612 Earth orbiting satellite having electrical energy storage batteries  
A three axis stabilized geostationary satellite comprises a structure having walls that face North and South when the satellite is on station and carrying at a storage battery of large capacity....
5624088 Spacecraft structure and method  
Spacecraft structure for use in the construction of the outer wall of a spacecraft. The construction of the outer wall of the spacecraft includes a hollow cellular honeycomb material that is...
5522569 Satellite having a stackable configuration  
A satellite has two solar array panels which are moveable between a closed configuration and an open configuration. The solar array panels are pivotably mounted on hinges attached along the top and...
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