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LA-II Thermal Coating
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The thermal control coating referred to as LA-II is a low absorptance inorganic white paint.
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Two flight calorimeters were flown on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) spacecraft. They were attached to the EO-1 equipment bay panel, Bay 4 (Carbon-Carbon Radiator panel), as shown. One calorimeter was coated with the LA-II Paint. The other calorimeter was coated with a known NASA/GSFC Z93P White Paint and used as a baseline for comparison. The data provided from the calorimeters was used to validate the performance of the LA-II paint.
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The LA-II low absorptance thermal coating will allow radiators to run cooler when exposed to an ultraviolet environment and thereby provide improved performance for space radiators.
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Nicholas Teti
Swales Aerospace
Phone: (301) 902-4100
Email: nteti@swales.com


Nick Speciale
EO-1 Mission Technologist
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Mail Code: 490
Phone (301) 286-8704
Email: Nicholas.J.Speciale.1@gsfc.nasa.gov

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