Solar protection device for a spatial instrument

摘要

The device has a thermal structure with thermal baffles (11, 12, 13) to intercept solar flows illuminating a spatial instrument. A plate (3) supports the structure. An optical platform (21) is mechanically stabilized by a stabilization unit (4). A common platform independently supports the plate and stabilized platform. The structure is not in physical contact with the stabilized platform to allow mechanical decoupling of the structure and stabilized platform. The structure and the plate are thermally decoupled by thermal decoupling units. The units are formed of support and titanium strips.