Welcome! Here are the website rules, as well as some tips for using this forum.
Need to contact us? Visit https://heatinghelp.com/contact-us/.
Click here to Find a Contractor in your area.
If our community has helped you, please consider making a contribution to support this website. Thanks!

Radiant heating on the Mars probe

Options
nicholas bonham-carter
nicholas bonham-carter Member Posts: 8,578
in THE MAIN WALL
The second issue was a transient event involving temperature on the spacecraft. The mission uses a liquid freon loop to bring heat from the center of the spacecraft to radiators on the cruise stage (the part that helps fly the rover to Mars), which have a view to space. We monitor the difference in temperature between the warm inlet to the radiators and the cooler outlet from the radiators. As the spacecraft entered into Earth’s shadow, the Sun was temporary blocked by Earth, and the outlet temperature dropped. This caused the difference between the warm inlet and cooler outlet to increase. This transient differential tripped an alarm and caused the spacecraft to transition into the standby mode .
Full story here, (just landed safely):

https://www.space.com/news/live/mars-perseverance-rover-updates

Comments

  • hot_rod
    hot_rod Member Posts: 26,592
    The old delta t trip thingie
    Bob "hot rod" Rohr
    trainer for Caleffi NA
    Living the hydronic dream

Categories