To fly to the sun: the mission and technology challenges of the solar probe
This paper will present the evolution and rationale that has taken place to arrive at the current design for this challenging mission.
solar probe↗
Engineering topics
Miyake, 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↗
Thermal Stability Analysis for a Heliocentric Gravitational Radiation Detection Mission
The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission is designed for detailed studies of low-frequency gravitational radiation. The mission is currently a candidate for ESA's post-Horizon 2000 program. Thermal noise affects the measurement in at least two ways. Thermal variation of the length of the optical cavity to which the lasers are stabilized introduces phase variations in the interferometer signal, which have to be corrected for by using data from the two arms separately.
Laser Interferometer Space Antenna LISA gravitatio↗
Spatial and temporal temperature distribution optimization for a geostationary antenna
The Geostationary Microwave Precipitation Radiometer antenna is considered and a thermal design analysis is performed to determine a design that would minimize on-orbit antenna temporal and spatial temperature gradients. The final design is based on an optically opaque radome which covered the antenna. The average orbital antenna temperature is found to be 9 C with maximum temporal and spatial variations of 34 C and 1 C, respectively. An independent thermal distortion analysis showed that this temporal variation would give an antenna figure error of 14 microns.
Tsuyuki, G.↗