Engineering topics
Rawal, S.
Publications and source records attributed to Rawal, S..
The Solar Probe shield/antenna Materials Characterization
This paper considers the development process used to select the shield/antenna material satisfying the design requirements of the Solar Probe mission that will encounter a flux of 3000 suns at perihelion.
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The Technology Development Status of the Solar Probe
The continuing development of new spacecraft technologies promises to enable the Solar Probe to be the first mission to travel in the atmosphere or corona of the Sun. The most significant technology challenge is the thermal shield that would protect the spacecraft from the flux of 3000 Suns (400 W/cm**2) at the perihelion radius of 4 solar radii while allowing the spacecraft subsystems to operate at near room temperature.
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