SBIR/STTR Research Award
SPACECRAFT HEAT REJECTION METHODS
Award amount
$499,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- Boyd Lancaster, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- HUT3XNPLRL77
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
MANY NEAR-FUTURE MILITARY SATELLITES WILL HAVE POWER REQUIREMENTS OF FIVE TO TEN KILOWATTS. THIS REQUIREMENT IS EXPECTED TO GROW TO 100 KW OR MORE DURING THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS. THE MUCH HIGHER HEAT LOADS EXPECTED ON FUTURE SATELLITES WILL CAUSE THE RADIATOR PANELS TO BECOME A LARGE PART OF THE TOTAL SATELLITE MASS AND THEIR SIZE WILL AFFECT SPACECRAFT STABILITY AND CONFIGURATIONS. THIS PROPOSAL IDENTIFIES A METHOD TO REDUCE RADIATOR SIZE BY A FACTOR OF 10 OR MORE USING HEAT PUMP TECHNOLOGY. THE PROPOSAL COVERS WORK TO EVALUATE ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM CYCLES, MATERIALS, RELIABILITY, AND OVERALL SYSTEM COMPLEXITY. THE MOST ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVE WILL BE IDENTIFIED.
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
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