Low cost thermal-vacuum system for the development of very small spacecraft

Tatsuo Shimizu; Takuya Motohata; Hirokazu Masui; Minoru Iwata; Mengu Cho; Johnny Finnholm; Antti Kestilä

Low cost thermal-vacuum system for the development of very small spacecraft

Tatsuo Shimizu, Takuya Motohata, Hirokazu Masui, Minoru Iwata, Mengu Cho, Johnny Finnholm, Antti Kestilä

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Simulated space environments are necessary for validating the functionality of spacecraft and/or payloads during their development phase. A thermal-vacuum chamber is a key space environment simulator. Conventional chambers provide a high vacuum environment as well as thermal cycle environments that provide conditions similar to those encountered in space. However, even small such chambers are expensive, and are often beyond the budget of a university-based space project. In addition, the need to use liquid nitrogen coolant adds an additional high running cost. For this reason, we developed a small thermal vacuum test facility that costs less than 2000USD and which uses solid-state Peltier heaters/coolers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	65th International Astronautical Congress 2014, IAC 2014: Our World Needs Space
Publisher	International Astronautical Federation, IAF
Pages	5903-5906
Number of pages	4
Volume	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781634399869
Publication status	Published - 2014
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	International Astronautical Congress - Toronto, Canada Duration: 29 Sep 2014 → 3 Oct 2014 Conference number: 65

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Conference	International Astronautical Congress
Abbreviated title	IAC
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Toronto
Period	29/09/2014 → 03/10/2014

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Shimizu, T, Motohata, T, Masui, H, Iwata, M, Cho, M, Finnholm, J & Kestilä, A 2014, Low cost thermal-vacuum system for the development of very small spacecraft. in 65th International Astronautical Congress 2014, IAC 2014: Our World Needs Space. vol. 8, International Astronautical Federation, IAF, pp. 5903-5906, International Astronautical Congress , Toronto, Canada, 29/09/2014.

Low cost thermal-vacuum system for the development of very small spacecraft. / Shimizu, Tatsuo; Motohata, Takuya; Masui, Hirokazu; Iwata, Minoru; Cho, Mengu; Finnholm, Johnny; Kestilä, Antti.

65th International Astronautical Congress 2014, IAC 2014: Our World Needs Space. Vol. 8 International Astronautical Federation, IAF, 2014. p. 5903-5906.

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