Thermal Modelling & Analysis of the Deployable Space Telescope

Master thesis (2019)

Authors

T.T.D. van Wees Aerospace Engineering

Contributors

J.M. Kuiper Space Systems Egineering (mentor)
B.T.C. Zandbergen Space Systems Egineering (graduation committee member)
M.C. Naeije Astrodynamics & Space Missions - Aerospace Engineering (graduation committee member)
Faculty
Aerospace Engineering, Aerospace Engineering
Copyright: © 2019 Tim van Wees
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Published Date

30-04-2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Aerospace Engineering

Abstract

The Deployable Space Telescope (DST) project aims at producing a competitive telescope by using segmented deployable light weighted optics which reduces launch volume and mass, and thus launch costs. Due to the criticality of heat management to the performance of the telescope, a thermal model had to be built in order to determine the expected temperatures throughout the telescope in orbit. Further, the premature baffle design required a supportive thermal analysis such that its critical parameters could be determined.