A heat pipe panel for a high-power spaceborne transponder
Abstract
The development, design, and testing are described of a heat pipe isothermalizing panel which can provide primary thermal control for a high-power spaceborne transponder. A panel of this design is suitable for use in a two-channel color television transponder which is the payload of a communications satellite. The heat pipe panel project was successful with respect to all defined objectives. A panel was designed and fabricated and demonstrated, through extensive testing, the ability to meet all imposed thermal requirements.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- July 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976STIN...7631452S
- Keywords:
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- Heat Pipes;
- Temperature Control;
- Transponders;
- Color Television;
- Communication Equipment;
- Communication Satellites;
- Satellite Instruments;
- Thermal Protection;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer