Thermal analysis of the SMOG-1 PocketQube satellite

Kovács, Róbert; Józsa, Viktor

doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.05.020

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Thermal analysis of the SMOG-1 PocketQube satellite

Kovács, Róbert, Józsa, Viktor·2018·Applied Thermal Engineering

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Publications without a focus on control theory usually idealize the spin of a CubeSat only in a single axis, generally with one face towards the Earth, with an attitude model not versatile enough to reproduce different scenarios.
“Usually, publications without the focus on control theory idealize the spin of a CubeSat only in a single axis, generally with one face towards the Earth, with an attitude model not versatile enough to reproduce different scenarios [17,[46][47][48][49].”
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The remaining thermal parameters, except for the arbitrary value for R_Tw, are approximations of numbers found in the literature.
“The remaining parameters used in the thermal model are summarized in Table 2. Except for the arbitrary value for R T w , these values are approximations of numbers found in the literature-for example, in [19,30,31].”
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Authors: Kovács, R., & Józsa, V.
Affiliations: Budapest University of Technology and Economics (HU)
Corresponding author: Józsa, Viktor
ORCID: Kovács, Róbert
Józsa, Viktor
Venue: Applied Thermal Engineering
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2018-07
Volume: 139
Pages: 506-513
ISSN: 1359-4311 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.05.020
OpenAlex: W2802326337
Cited by: 50
References: 21
Citations by year: 2026: 6 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 6
FWCI: 4.14
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Applied Thermal Engineering (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Spacecraft Design and Technology
Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Space Satellite Systems and Control
Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Advanced Battery Technologies Research
Keywords: CubeSat, satellite thermal analysis, low Earth orbit, thermal network model, finite element thermal model, battery temperature, energy balance

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