The shield development for the solar probe mission
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shield development solar probe mission↗
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Dirling, R.
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The Solar Probe Heatshield Development
A NASA mission that will travel close to the sun requires a unique heatshield to protect the spacecraft and the instruments from the peak flux of 400 W/cm(sup 2) found at the mission's perihelion of 4 solar radii (~ 0.02 AU).
Solar Probe Heatshield Development↗
The Solar Probe shield/antenna Materials Characterization
This paper considers the development process used to select the shield/antenna material satisfying the design requirements of the Solar Probe mission that will encounter a flux of 3000 suns at perihelion.
carbon/carbon↗