Thermal environments for Space Shuttle payloadsThe thermal environment of the Space Shuttle payload bay during the on-orbit phase of the STS flights is presented. The STS Thermal Flight Instrumentation System and various substructures of the Orbiter and the payload are described, as well as the various on-orbit attitudes encountered in the STS flights (the tail to sun, nose to sun, payload bay to sun, etc.). Included are the temperature profiles obtained during the on-orbit STS 1-5 flights (with the payload bay door open), recorded in various substructures of the Orbiter's midsection at different flight attitudes, as well as schematic illustrations of the Space Shuttle system, a typical mission profile, and the Orbiter's substructures.
Document ID
19860029642
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Fu, J. H. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Graves, G. R. (California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States)