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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 371, 2022
International E-Conference on Mechanics, Mechatronics, Materials and Civil Engineering (3MCE’2022)
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| Article Number | 02001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Engineering and Technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/202237102001 | |
| Published online | 30 November 2022 | |
Impact of orbit inclination on heat transfer in a 1U LEO CubeSat
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EOP research team, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, 93002 Tetouan, Morocco
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EMIR Research Laboratory, Preparatory Institute of Engineering Studies of Monastir (IPEIM), University of Monastir, Tunisia
* Corresponding author: ferdaous.tribak@etu.uae.ac.ma
Temperature prediction is crucial to build dependable CubeSats and operate them at peak efficiency. Therefore, all parameters that could impact the thermal performance of the satellite must be taken into account in the thermal analysis. This work covers the thermal simulation of a 1U CubeSat. The objective is to simulate, using the commercial software COMSOL Multiphysics, the impact of an important parameter on the satellite’s temperature distribution: beta angle. It defines the position of the CubeSat relatively to the solar vector. To investigate the effect of this parameter on the satellite, a set of simulations was performed for different beta angles.
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