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Abstract

A space vehicle including a space vehicle body, wherein the space vehicle body includes an interior surface defining an interior of the space vehicle body and an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, and wherein at least a portion of the space vehicle body comprises a panel comprising a sheet metal; an onboard equipment component positioned within the interior of the space vehicle body; a radiator positioned on the exterior surface of the space vehicle body, wherein the radiator includes a plurality of corrugations, and wherein the plurality of corrugations are angled so as to reflect at least a portion of incident sunlight away from Earth; and a heat transport element positioned along the interior surface of the space vehicle body so as to convey heat away from the onboard equipment component and toward the radiator.

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