that is a massive temperature swing

(will smith memes insert)

whats this thing made of now ?

that's the environment

not the object itself

gotta be some amazing material to withstand that temperature swing

we get direct and indirect sunlight ofcourse the temperature changes

the object doesn't change temp that much

in different places

so ur saying sometimes its in -450 degree environment but the object doesnt get cold and when its plus 40 it doesnt get hot

when you cook a turkey does it get up to 350 F on the inside?

lmao

ok so what temp does the cube sat get

about 60 degC at the worst

and -10 deg C at the worst

it's always close to earth though so that is a source of warmth

so when the cube sat is it -260 c the cubesat only gets -10 ?

scratch that

the cubesat is in a -260c degree environment but only gets -10c ?

it's never in that environment

in low earth orbit it's not that cold

in deep space it woudl be taht cold, and they require heaters to stay warm enough

like the pluto new horizons craft

we have been talking about the environment of the cubesat this whole time

i thought you were talking about space

ok well in low earth orbit the environment is on average a radiation sink temp of about 250 kelvin

so u say the cube sat temperate varies between -10 and plus 60c the actual temp of the cubesat?

yes that's right

still amazing

depends on teh design, some have more surface area than otheres

huge temperature swing

that's not much

your car engine ismuch worsse

and that's just an aluminum block

so before u shoot a cubesat up u test it in those temperatures?

yes!

we use a "thermal vacuum chamber"

and u get it that hot and cold

produced vacuum and cold tempertaures, with a shroud that surrounds the wall, fileld with liquid nitrogen

and an oven to make the higher temperature

guys should i bathe in gold to regain my sanity