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| | | | | | | Thermal
Thermal can have many meanings in the context of space exploration. It can be about cooling a satellite with hot electronic equipment, warming up a satellite submit for a certain amount of time to safe hold mode, or, simply gently adapting the satellite thermal environment to the space thermal variations either in orbit or onto a planetary surface. Since thermal control often requires high powers, thermal technologies also include the radioisotope heating unit (RHU) that saves a great amount of power.
Future missions will call for newer systems that need to be matured through the following technology activities.
Click on an activity below to read a summary of the purpose and scope of this activity. Where possible, the final summary report of any completed activities can be obtained here.
ExoMars Specific
• Variable effective surface radiator – demonstration phase
Mars Sample Return Specific
Generic Exploration Technologies
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