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Available online at Advances in Space Research 50 (2012) 1411–1424 /locate/asr Degradation of thermal control materials under a simulated radiative space environment A.K. Sharma ⇑, N. Sridhara Thermal Systems Group, ISRO Satellite Centre, Vimanapura Post, Bangalore 560 017, India Received 29 September 2011; received in revised form 7 July 2012; accepted 15 July 2012 Available online 20 July 2012 Abstract A spacecraft with a passive thermal control system utilizes various thermal control materials to maintain temperatures within safe operating limits. Materials used for spacecraft applications are exposed to harsh space environments such as ultraviolet (UV) and particle (electron, proton) irradiation and atomic oxygen (AO), undergo physical damage and thermal degradation, which must be considered for spacecraft thermal design optimization and cost effectiveness. This paper describes the effect of synergistic radiation on some of the important thermal control materials to verify the assumptions of beginning-of-life (BOL) and end-of-life (EOL) properties. Studies on the degradation in the optical properties (solar absorptance and infrared emittance) of some important thermal control materials exposed to simulated radiative geostationary space environment are discussed. The current studies are purely related to the influence of radiation on the degradation of the materials; other environmental aspects (e.g., thermal cycling) are not discussed. The thermal con