Folding Radiator Keeps CubeSats Cool

Mar-06-18 An origami-inspired folding radiator could offer a new way to regulate temperature in tiny CubeSats.

Created by a team at Brigham Young University, the radiator features a structure of V-shaped folds that can be opened or closed via shape memory alloys. The radiator would fold inward to deepen the folds and absorb heat, while a vanadium-oxide coating being developed by NASA scientist Vivek Dwivedi would emit the trapped heat into space.

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