Thermal control

Keeping every component inside its band when radiation is the only path for heat to leave.

Scope

• The radiative heat balance and equilibrium temperature
• Passive control: MLI, coatings, radiators, thermal straps
• Active control: heaters, louvers, loop heat pipes
• Thermal modeling, hot cases and cold cases
• Cryogenic cooling for instruments

Notes

Nothing written here yet. Working notes go in Research and Learning Lab; anything that becomes durable is promoted onto this page.

References

To be added as the topic is worked through.