Integrated active thermal control for hyperspectral LWIR imaging on advanced high-powered CubeSat platforms

Lucas Anderson; Bruno Mattos; Benjamin Lewis; Charles Swenson; Chad Fish; Miguel Nunes; Robert Wright

doi:10.1117/12.2679913

19 October 2023 Integrated active thermal control for hyperspectral LWIR imaging on advanced high-powered CubeSat platforms

Lucas Anderson, Bruno Mattos, Benjamin Lewis, Charles Swenson, Chad Fish, Miguel Nunes, Robert Wright

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Proceedings Volume 12729, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXVII; 1272907 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2679913
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

Integrated active thermal control is a critical enabling technology for high-powered modern CubeSats and Small Satellites. We will discuss the design and development of the Active Thermal Architecture (ATA), a sub 1U integrated, active thermal control system based on a single-phase mechanically pumped fluid loop heat exchanger. The ATA leverages advanced Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing (UAM) to directly incorporate the cooling channels into the spacecraft structure, creating multi-functional assemblies that help miniaturize and simplify the ATA system. The ATA also optimizes thermal rejection through a two-axis rotary fluid joint connected to an external deployable tracking radiator. The ATA is capable of bulk thermal rejection and zonal temperature control of payloads and CubeSat structures. The ATA will be featured on the upcoming Active Cooling for Multispectral Earth Sensors (ACMES) mission and will serve as payload support to the next-generation Hyperspectral Longwave IR (HyTI 2.0) instrument. HyTI is an advanced next-generation hyperspectral long-wave IR ground imager capable of producing LandSat equivalent science from a CubeSat platform. HyTI produces 25 spectral bands between 8 μm to12 μm with a ground sampling distance better than 45 meters. ACMES will also feature two student lead projects: The Filter Incidence Narrow-band Infrared Spectrometer (FINIS), a daytime Methane detector, and the Planar Langmuir Impedance Diagnostic (PLAID) instrument, a planar style RF impedance probe. ACMES is scheduled to launch to an approximate 550 km SSO orbit in late 2024. ACMES is funded by the NASA Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) through an In-Space Validation (InVEST) grant.

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Lucas Anderson, Bruno Mattos, Benjamin Lewis, Charles Swenson, Chad Fish, Miguel Nunes, and Robert Wright "Integrated active thermal control for hyperspectral LWIR imaging on advanced high-powered CubeSat platforms", Proc. SPIE 12729, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXVII, 1272907 (19 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2679913

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