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A loop heat pipe cooling system for use on a spacecraft. The loop heat pipe cooling system has loop heat pipes routed from internally facing surfaces of one or more internally located equipment panels to externally located radiator panels. Heat is collected at evaporator ends of each loop heat pipe

A loop heat pipe cooling system for use on a spacecraft. The loop heat pipe cooling system has loop heat pipes routed from internally facing surfaces of one or more internally located equipment panels to externally located radiator panels. Heat is collected at evaporator ends of each loop heat pipe and transported to condenser ends of the respective loop heat pipe. The condenser ends of the loop heat pipes may either be embedded within the radiator panel or externally mounted and coupled to the radiator panel using a loop heat pipe condensing flange. Fixed conductance heat pipes may also be used in any or all of the internal panels and radiator panels in order to collect and distribute heat loads to and from the loop heat pipes.

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1. A cooling system on a spacecraft, comprising:a plurality of loop heat pipes routed from internally facing surfaces of one or more internally located equipment panels of the spacecraft to externally located radiator panels of the spacecraft; and one or more fixed conductance heat pipes mounted to

1. A cooling system on a spacecraft, comprising:a plurality of loop heat pipes routed from internally facing surfaces of one or more internally located equipment panels of the spacecraft to externally located radiator panels of the spacecraft; and one or more fixed conductance heat pipes mounted to selected internally facing surfaces of the one or more internally located equipment panels that are coupled to selected ones of the plurality of loop heat pipes.