Low Temperature Heat Pipes
Glavkosmos
Low Temperature Heat Pipes are designed to ensure the thermal regime of spacecraft, utilizing ammonia as a heat carrier and featuring axial omega-shaped grooves.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Power
- 500 W
- Design life
- 23 years
- Lead time
- 3 months
- TRL
- 9
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- Purpose
- Aggregate of systems for ensuring the thermal regime of the spacecraft.
- Year of release
- 1973
- Design life
- 23 years
- Lead time
- 3 months
- Flight qualification of the product
- Yes
- Brief history of flight qualification
- METEOR N, INTER-COSMOS, ELECTRO N 1, "CORONAS-PHOTON".
- Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements
- Yes
- Working temperature
- From -30 to + 60 °C
- Temperature difference between condensation and evaporation zones
- No more than 5 ° C
- Transmitted power
- Up to 500 W
About
These Low Temperature Heat Pipes are an aggregate of systems specifically designed for ensuring the thermal regime of spacecraft. The product was first released in 1973 and boasts a guaranteed service life of 23 years. It has a proven flight qualification, with heritage on missions such as METEOR N, INTER-COSMOS, ELECTRO N 1, and CORONAS-PHOTON. The manufacturer offers the possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements. The heat pipes operate within a working temperature range of -30 to +60 °C, maintaining a temperature difference between condensation and evaporation zones of no more than 5 °C. They are capable of transmitting power up to 500 W. The design incorporates axial omega-shaped grooves and uses ammonia as the heat carrier.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.