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I'm not an expert, so take this with a grain of salt, but isn't this fixable with mirrors and angles? For a satellite in LEO most of the light is coming from t
by ErikCorry 7y ago
I'm not an expert, so take this with a grain of salt, but isn't this fixable with mirrors and angles?
For a satellite in LEO most of the light is coming from the sun and a much smaller amount is coming from earthshine and perhaps the moon. If your solar panels are on an articulated arm it should be possible to place them so they reflect the light upwards and the satellite's body is in the shadow of the panels. Now the only light on the satellite (and the back of the panels) will be the earthshine, and you can perhaps combat that by painting the satellite black. If it's always in the shadow of the solar panels then heating shouldn't be a problem, right?
As I say I'm not an expert and there are probably multiple reasons this won't work.