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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2025
Care Weather Technologies, Inc., Provo, UT (US);
Michael Patrick Walton, Provo, UT (US);
Alex Roman Laraway, Vineyard, UT (US);
Care Weather Technologies, Inc., Provo, UT (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a thermal management system for a satellite. The system may include a plurality of photovoltaic cells configured to generate electrical power, an active array antenna including transmit-receive (T/R) modules with power amplifiers, a thermal core thermally coupled to the photovoltaic cells and antenna, and a phase-change material (PCM) element disposed within the thermal core and thermally coupled to the T/R modules. The thermal core may be configured to spread heat across the satellite. One or more of the photovoltaic cells may be configured to radiate heat generated by the T/R modules. The system may enable efficient thermal management in a compact satellite design by utilizing the photovoltaic cells as radiative surfaces and incorporating the PCM element to stabilize temperature fluctuations.