SBIR/STTR Research Award
Thermal Control for Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Satellites
Award amount
$99,183Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Boyd Lancaster, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2011-01-13
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- HUT3XNPLRL77
- Solicitation number
- 2010.3
- Topic code
- AF103-107
Research abstract
Three tiered Thermal Bus System isothermalizes the satellite, allowing payload components to be mated in arbitrary locations without requiring detailed thermal analysis. The first tier is pyrolytic graphite embedded in aluminum panels (kCore) to provide local spreading. The second tier consists of embedded heat pipes to isothermalize each panel. These heat pipes also interface with third tier which consists of loop heat pipes to provide interpanel isothermalizing and transport heat to deployable radiator. Heat transport in this sytem is passive, with active thermal control. BENEFIT: The proposed system meets the objectives of the solicitation, and is applicable to any spacecraft bus.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Additive Manufacturing of Heat Pipe Wicks
- Radar/EW Aperture Cold Plate Innovation for Increased Thermal Performance
- Innovative Heat Sink Technology for Application to Aircraft Systems
- Radar/EW Aperture Cold Plate Innovation for Increased Thermal Performance
- Durable Solution for Compressor Airfoil Leading Edges in Gas Turbine Engines
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Thermal Control for Resilient Spacecraft
- Thermal Control for Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Satellites
- Active Thermal Tile (ATT) System for Operationally Responsive Space
- Rapid Fabrication of Aerogel Thermal Insulation for Operationally Responsive Space Satellites
- Deployable Articulating Radiator Thermal Control for ORS Satellites
Research funding history
137 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2014). Reported award amounts total $29,166,147. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation