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Ah, I stand corrected, thank you. My mental image of the ISS was somewhat distorted, it seems. And I had no idea the main solar panels could pivot to align with
by MayeulC 7y ago
Ah, I stand corrected, thank you. My mental image of the ISS was somewhat distorted, it seems. And I had no idea the main solar panels could pivot to align with the large radiators!
(For instance, here we can see both solar panels not completely aligned: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=iss+radiator&t=ffab&ia=images&iax=images&iai=http%3A%2F%2Fglobal.fncstatic.com%2Fstatic%2Fmanaged%2Fimg%2Ffn2%2Fvideo%2F051013_serrie_iss_640.jpg https://duckduckgo.com/?q=iss+radiator&t=ffab&ia=images&iax=...)
- rtkwe 7y agoI didn't know the smaller radiators existed at all TBH. Makes sense though since they're on the same structure as the solar panels it would ensure those are basically always in the shade more or less since the solar panels will want to align perpendicular to the sun. As for the solar panels they can rotate each individually around it's long axis and the group of 4 at each end as a unit around the long axis of the truss.