Research Article
On-Orbit Thermal Design and Validation of 1 U Standardized CubeSat of STEP Cube Lab
Table 6
Summary of thermooptical properties used in the analysis.
| Component | Optical property | | | |
| Structure | Black anodize | 0.88 | 0.88 | 1.0 |
| Solar cell | ITO-GaAs | 0.92 | 0.85 | 1.1 |
| MEMS thruster | Quartz glass | 0.90 | 0.10 | 0.1 |
| SEC | PMMA | 0.04 | 0.04 | 1.0 |
| FER | Kapton tape | 0.2 | 0.37 | 0.54 |
| VER | (La,Sr)MnO3 | 0.24 | 0.28 at −40°C 0.41 at 0°C 0.54 at +40°C | — |
| MLI | Aluminized Kapton | 0.8 | 0.45 | 1.78 |
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