Conveners
Thermal Design
- Heiko Ritter (ESA)
Thermal Design
- Vito Laneve (ESA)
Thermal Design
- Paolo Ruzza (ESA)
-
Matvei Andreev (Azimut Space GmbH)06/10/2026, 11:00thermal control technologies
The Copper Alloy for Additive Manufacturing (CufAM) project was envisioned as a technology demonstration activity. In particular, a green (515 nm) laser was utilized which offers high energy absorption of up to 60% in copper thus enabling improved manufacturing capabilities for sophisticated geometries. The aim of the project was to advance the end-to-end AM process chain, and deliver reliable...
Go to contribution page -
Ms Antonia Grethen-Bussmann (Beyond Gravity Schweiz AG)06/10/2026, 11:30thermal design (for platforms, instruments etc.)
The Ariel mission is part of ESA’s Cosmic Vision program and is dedicated to studying the composition and physical properties of exoplanets. Cooling of the ARIEL payload is achieved by a combination of active and passive systems which lower the telescope's temperature down to an isothermal environment below 60K. The passive cooling to cryogenic temperature ranges is achieved by high-efficiency...
Go to contribution page -
Theo Dantichan (RAL Space)06/10/2026, 12:00thermal design (for platforms, instruments etc.)
SOLSTICE is a UK-led programme developing novel miniaturised scientific payloads for the high-resolution profiling of atmospheric composition. One of these payloads is the High-resolution InfraRed Occultation Sounder (HIROS). This presentation describes the thermal design and verification of the instrument, with particular focus on its demanding thermal control requirements.
HIROS is a...
Go to contribution page -
Mark Alexa (Admatis Ltd.)06/10/2026, 12:30thermal design (for platforms, instruments etc.)
Cryogenic radiators are often required to cool down sensitive, high precision instruments to their optimal operation temperature. However, IR emissivity of thermo-optical coatings below 140K tends to drop rapidly, making it difficult to comply with scientific requirements, when radiative area is limited by design constraints. A potential solution is to exploit cavity effect, that can increase...
Go to contribution page -
Yann Cervantes (CNES)07/10/2026, 16:30thermal design (for platforms, instruments etc.)
SVOM (Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor) mission objective is a thorough monitoring of Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) phenomena. Based on a collaboration between France (CNES: French Space Agency) and China (CNSA: China National Space Administration and CAS: Chinese Academy of Science), the SVOM payload includes four scientific instruments (ECLAIRs and MXT provided by CNES,...
Go to contribution page -
Edoardo Maria Benivegna (Leonardo)07/10/2026, 17:00thermal design (for platforms, instruments etc.)
The Advanced Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (ASLSTR) represents the next-generation successor to the SLSTR instrument flying on Sentinel-3 missions, with enhanced performance requirements in terms of radiometric accuracy and lower detector operating temperatures. Achieving these objectives requires a robust thermal design supported by thermal modelling and iterative system-level...
Go to contribution page -
Jiri Teichman (Czech Technical University in Prague)07/10/2026, 17:30heat transport technology
The METRO experiment, being developed for the International Space Station, uses a gas–liquid slug-flow loop to investigate mass transfer in microgravity. This contribution presents the thermal control concept and CFD analysis of the METRO fluid loop, focusing on the influence of thermal effects on multiphase flow behaviour.
Temperature gradients across the gas–liquid interface generate...
Go to contribution page -
Mr Alessandro Spalla (OHB Italia S.p.A.)08/10/2026, 11:30thermal design (for platforms, instruments etc.)
Comet Interceptor is an ESA-led mission, in collaboration with JAXA, designed to perform the first flyby of a dynamically new comet—a pristine object making its first passage through the inner Solar System. Rather than targeting a known body, the spacecraft, comprising a main module (A) and two probes (B1, B2), will be placed in a halo orbit around the Sun–Earth L2 point and remain there for...
Go to contribution page -
Mr Sergio Zanola (TAS), Mr Stephan Ptacek (OHB), Mr emmanuel caplanne (ESA)08/10/2026, 12:00thermal design (for platforms, instruments etc.)
The presentation will provide an overview of the Envision mission status at PDR that has been recently completed.
Go to contribution page
The S/C thermal challenges will be presented as well as design options selected to overcome them.
Thermal justification will be also shown, as well as procurement status. -
Gianfranco Salih (OHB-I)08/10/2026, 12:30thermal design (for platforms, instruments etc.)
The Genesis mission, part of ESA’s FutureNAV programme, aims at significantly improving the accuracy and stability of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF), the foundation of satellite navigation and Earth science. This extreme accuracy will be achieved by co-locating the four main geodetic techniques: GNSS, very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI), satellite laser ranging and...
Go to contribution page