Thermal design, analysis and testing of the Halogen Occultation ExperimentThis paper briefly introduces the Halogen Occultation Experiment (HALOE) and describes the thermal requirements in some detail. The thermal design of the HALOE is described, together with the design process and the analytical techniques used to arrive at this design. The flight hardware has undergone environmental testing in a thermal vacuum chamber to validate the thermal design. The HALOE is a unique problem in thermal control due to its variable solar loading, its extremely sensitive optical components and the high degree of pointing accuracy required. This paper describes the flight hardware, the design process and its verification.
Document ID
19880033875
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Foss, Richard A. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Smith, Dewey M. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)