Analytical and numerical models for thermal related design of a new pico-satellite

M Bonnici, P Mollicone, M Fenech… - Applied Thermal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Modelling, simulating and testing the on-orbit thermal behaviour of a pico-satellite before
launch is critical to ensure component reliability and performance. Due to small thermal …

Intelligent sensitivity analysis framework based on machine learning for spacecraft thermal design

Y Xiong, L Guo, Y Yang, H Wang - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
The variance-based method of global sensitivity analysis (GSA) has been widely applied in
spacecraft thermal design, which is typically calculated using Monte Carlo estimations …

Simulation of a CubeSat with internal heat transfer using Finite Volume Method

E Morsch Filho, LO Seman… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Estimating temperature is essential both to design reliable CubeSats and to keep it under
maximum operating efficiency. This paper presents the transient thermal simulation of a …

On-orbit thermal deformation prediction for a high-resolution satellite camera

H Zhang, X Zhao, Q Mei, Y Wang, S Song… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermal-structural analysis of satellite camera in the early design phase as well as during
the later experimental verification is important due to the extreme thermal environment. The …

Thermal design, analysis, and testing of the first Turkish 3U communication CubeSat in low earth orbit

M Bulut - Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2021 - Springer
TURKSAT-3USAT is the first Turkish communication 3U CubeSat designed and built by the
students of the Space Systems Design and Test Laboratory and Radio Frequency …

Reducing temperature swing of space objects with temperature-adaptive solar or radiative coating

K Dong, D Tseng, J Li, S Warkander, J Yao… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2022 - cell.com
Lacking the atmosphere for temperature neutralization, objects in outer space without
thermal control undergo large temperature swings. Effective temperature management …

Advances in thermal modeling and analysis of satellites

C Atar, M Aktaş - Gazi University Journal of Science, 2022 - dergipark.org.tr
There has been increasing interest in satellite design and manufacture. Satellites require
complex components that must withstand severe mechanical and thermal conditions …

Irradiation flux modelling for thermal–electrical simulation of CubeSats: Orbit, attitude and radiation integration

EM Filho, LO Seman, CA Rigo, VP Nicolau… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
During satellite development, engineers need to simulate and understand the satellite's
behavior in orbit and minimize failures or inadequate satellite operation. In this sense, one …

A surrogate-model-based approach for the optimization of the thermal design parameters of space telescopes

W Zhu, L Guo, Z Jia, D Tian, Y Xiong - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The thermal design parameters of space telescopes are mainly optimized through traversal
and iterative attempts. These optimization techniques are time consuming, rely heavily on …

Intelligent thermal control strategy based on reinforcement learning for space telescope

Y Xiong, L Guo, Y Huang, L Chen - Journal of Thermophysics and Heat …, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
In this study, a thermal model of a space telescope is established in Simulink. An intelligent
autonomous thermal control strategy based on actor-critic reinforcement learning (RL) for …