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Heating Elements

Electric Heaters for Manned Spacecraft

  • Purpose: The electric heater is designed to maintain the surface temperature of the manned spacecraft body and the fastening elements of devices and assemblies in a given temperature range.
  • Year of release: 2015
  • Guaranteed service life (years): 15
  • Estimated production / delivery time (months): 4
  • Flight qualification of the product: No
  • Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements: Yes
ParameterValue
Electrical resistance45…196 Ohm
Working voltage23…34 V
Weight of electric heaters0,0026…0,055 kg
Insulation resistance between the contact area of the electric heater and the metal base on which the electric heater is mountedNot less than 20 megohms
Working temperatureup to 250 ° C

The electric heater is a flexible single-sided printed circuit board on a thin, dielectric base made of fiberglass with a resistive printed conductor made of manganin foil of a certain configuration deposited on it. A protective electrical insulating coating is applied over the conductor.