NASA/TM-2001-211221, NASA TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM: GUIDELINES FOR THE SELECTION OF NEAR-EARTH THERMAL ENVIRONMENT PARAMETERS FOR SPACECRAFT DESIGN (OCT 2001)

NASA/TM-2001-211221, NASA TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM: GUIDELINES FOR THE SELECTION OF NEAR-EARTH THERMAL ENVIRONMENT PARAMETERS FOR SPACECRAFT DESIGN (OCT 2001)., The intent of this document is to provide recommendations on the selection of natural thermal environment parameters for use in design analysis of spaceborne systems. The recommendations are based on analysis of data from the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment. These results provide a comprehensive and accurate statistical picture of the thermal environment encountered in low Earth orbit (LEO).