Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites
by wazoox on Saturday March 10, 2018 @07:51AM
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There have been black spacecrafts, like the Polyus:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyus_(spacecraft)
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Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites
by pocketstar on Saturday March 10, 2018 @01:04PM
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A majority of the exterior surfaces on spacecraft are black, gold or OSR. The black or gold however is multi layer insulation. Where the outboard surface would get hot and the inboard surface would be cooler. Where the OSR surface is your radiator area. Regardless, all visible in IR.