Ruggedized Dewar design and construction for rocket launch survival

Fred Nicol; Arn Adams; Thomas Coleman; John Moore; Steve McHugh; Gabriel A. Amparan

doi:10.1117/12.2519175

7 May 2019 Ruggedized Dewar design and construction for rocket launch survival

Fred Nicol, Arn Adams, Thomas Coleman, John Moore, Steve McHugh, Gabriel A. Amparan

Proceedings Volume 11002, Infrared Technology and Applications XLV; 1100207 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2519175
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2019, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

Designing custom hardware for space payloads often imposes many constraints in terms of non-recurring design effort and material lead times. Transitioning the use of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) hardware for increased-severity environmental service can prove a desirable alternative when mission requirements have some flexibility in terms of weight and envelope. Surviving the extreme vibration conditions present during a rocket launch is one of the most difficult challenges for the use of COTS-based solutions. IRCameras has provided a pathway means of ruggedizing common weak links within Integrated Dewar Cooler Assembly (IDCA) to support CubeSat space launch missions.

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Fred Nicol, Arn Adams, Thomas Coleman, John Moore, Steve McHugh, and Gabriel A. Amparan "Ruggedized Dewar design and construction for rocket launch survival", Proc. SPIE 11002, Infrared Technology and Applications XLV, 1100207 (7 May 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2519175

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