Patent ID: 8746975

Claim:
A grazing incidence collector (GIC) thermal management assembly that employs the flow of a coolant, comprising: a GIC mirror shell having a reflective inner surface, an opposite outer surface, and first and second mirror ends; a jacket having an inner surface and first and second jacket ends, the jacket and GIC mirror shell having first and second interfaces at the respective first and second mirror and jacket ends to define a fluidly sealed chamber between the inner surface of the jacket and the outer surface of the GIC mirror shell, the sealed chamber having input and output ends that define respective input and output plenums having respective input and output apertures; and an open-cell heat transfer (OCHT) material contained within the sealed chamber and that substantially fills the sealed chamber, the OCHT material being thermally connected to the outer surface of the GIC mirror shell and the inner surface of the jacket and serving to support the flow of the coolant therethrough from the input plenum to the output plenum.