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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1996
Sibnath Basuthakur, Phoenix, AZ (US);
David Paul Bonello, Chandler, AZ (US);
Robert David Allen, Tempe, AZ (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
One or more deployable thermal panels (24, 28, 70) are actively controlled throughout the orbit of a satellite (20) to provide thermal dissipation. Adjusting the incident angle between the panel (24, 28, 70) and the sun and controlling the flow of fluid through optional flexible heat pipes loads and unloads heat to provide thermal stability for components (62) which have special thermal requirements. An optional antenna panel (70) on a nadir side (64) of the satellite (20) offers an antenna side (74) on one surface and a thermal radiating side (72) on an opposing surface. In addition, thermal panel movements are controlled (96) to provide counter-disturbance torques (140).