Mars Global Surveyor, Solar Array

Spacecraft Name

Mars Global Surveyor

COSPAR ID

1996-062A

Launch Date

1996-11-07

Spacecraft Description

N/A

Thermal Analysis

Analysis Object

Solar Array

Analysis Description

N/A

Software Used

• MSC PATRAN
• Thermal Desktop

References

• Amundsen et al. (2003)
  Ruth M. Amundsen and John A. Dec and Lt Benjamin E. George, "Aeroheating Thermal Model Correlation for Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Solar Array", 36th AIAA Thermophysics Conference, 2003.
• Amundsen et al. (2005)
  Amundsen, Ruth M. and Dec, John A. and George, Benjamin E., "Aeroheating Thermal Model Correlation for Mars Global Surveyor Solar Array", Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2005 , DOI: 10.2514/1.3501