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Heat management is not a technical issue but a reliability issue.
by throwaway85825 6mo ago
Heat management is not a technical issue but a reliability issue.
- londons_explore 6mo agoThese satellites will be in orbits where they are always illuminated. That means constant temperatures, which means no thermal cycling and no reliability concerns. When people say 'running it hot is bad for reliability', they mean 'running it hot and then brining it back to room temp from time to time will eventually kill it'.
- throwaway85825 6mo agoIt's in space which requires liquid cooling. No rocket is big enough so it has to be assembled on orbit. No liquid cooling terrestrial system is 100% leak free.