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The part of surface not facing Earth would be radiating to deep space which contains an ambient temperature of 3k. This doesn’t seem right though. On the sides that are perpetually to the nadir vector would have its radiation value as a function of the view factor.

In the room scenario I’d be the walls, within a space environment I’d be primarily Earth (excluding sun, moon, and other planets). So the ambient temperature should be the wall temperature, or in space I’d be Earth?

Then you'd be radiating off to infinity or until it hits something? I think I'm more confused then ever now.

If standing in a room with a medium, I would be radiating heat to that medium, heating up the surrounding volume ever so slightly.

Assuming I am understanding what you mean by transparent, no atmosphere (or it becomes negligible) then the only way heat or energy can be removed from an object in space is through radiation or emitting EM waves.

No this is not a homework problem. I am setting up a transient thermal simulation for a SmallSat and verifying the simulation results with collected data from previous CubeSat/SmallSat missions. Everything has been validated however I believe I am using the wrong ambient temperature for "worst...

I am attempting to calculate either the power or heat flux radiated in a space environment from an object with an emissivity value of 0.86. However, before I can calculate the heat flux or power radiated, the ambient temperature must be determined, and it is that I am having trouble quantifying...

It is correct how it's being asked. I am trying to calculate the heat flux loss due to radiation, to do that I need to determine the ambient temperature of the surrounding area, thus being space at 400 km.

How would I go about calculating the ambient temperature in low Earth orbit (LEO) at approximately 400 km? What equations should I be referencing to determine the temperature of sun light side and/or eclipse side? Thanks!