Satellites dissipate heat in the vacuum of space through thermal radiation.
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Satellites and other spacecraft must dissipate heat exclusively via thermal radiation because they operate in the vacuum of space where conduction and convection are absent.
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Graphene's Frontier in aerospace: current applications, challenges, and future directions for space engineering.
2025 · cited by 2
Discusses how thermal applications and radiative cooling manage heat in spacecraft operating in space.
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Passive subambient cooling and atmospheric water nexus.
2026 · cited by 0
Notes that subambient radiative cooling passively dissipates heat to outer space via mid-infrared emission.
Dual-Functional Photonic Metacoating Integrating Fluorescence Thermometry and High-Performance Space Radiative Cooling.
2026 · cited by 0
Describes spacecraft metacoating designed for efficient space radiative cooling.