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One of the problems that needs to be solved in order to achieve a successful space mission is to ensure suitable thermal behavior of all the spacecraft subsystems, which may not seem critical or problematic in the case of Earth-based equipment. However, it is crucial in the space environment.

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Acknowledgments

Except Figs. 13.15 and 13.18, all the figures of this chapter are from [15] and the authors are indebted to Woodhead Publishing Ltd. for their permission.

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    José Meseguer, Isabel Pérez-Grande, Angel Sanz-Andrés & Gustavo Alonso

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Meseguer, J., Pérez-Grande, I., Sanz-Andrés, A., Alonso, G. (2014). Thermal Systems. In: Macdonald, M., Badescu, V. (eds) The International Handbook of Space Technology. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41101-4_13

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