GOES 8, Secondary Mirror

Spacecraft Name

GOES 8

COSPAR ID

1994-022A

Launch Date

1994-04-13

Spacecraft Description

N/A

Thermal Analysis

Analysis Object

Secondary Mirror

Analysis Description

Detailed radiation and conduction thermal models of the secondary mirror assembly were developed using I-DEAS/TMG. The NEVADA program was utilized to generate the solar loads on the secondary mirror assembly for 213 different sun vectors.

Software Used

• I-DEAS/TMG
• NEVADA

References

• Ghaffarian & Sprunger (1996)
  Benny Ghaffarian and Kent Sprunger, "Solar intrusion thermal analysis", GOES-8 and Beyond, 1996. 10.1117/12.254072