Component
Radiator
A surface that sheds a spacecraft's waste heat into space by infrared radiation — the only way to cool in a vacuum, where there is no air to carry heat away.
Knowledge connections
- Part ofThermal Control
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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