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    Revolutionizing space-based thermal systems: AFRL’s SPIRRAL launch on SPX-31

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    Revolutionizing space-based thermal systems: AFRL’s SPIRRAL launch on SPX-31

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    12.04.2024

    Photo by Gregory R Gerken 

    Air Force Research Laboratory

    The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, launched the Space Power InfraRed Regulation and Analysis of Lifetime, or SPIRRAL, experiment, Nov. 4, 2024. SPIRRAL, flown by AFRL through the DOD Space Test Program, will characterize the performance of Variable Emissivity Materials, or VEMs, an approach toward solving thermal challenges for space vehicles while on-orbit.

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    Date Taken: 12.04.2024
    Date Posted: 12.04.2024 12:08
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