High power rigid solar array
Abstract
The feasibility and complexity of a 30 kW solar array scaling 15 to 60 kW for the Columbus space station, with silicon cells and with gallium arsenide cells were studied. The specifications were modified, thereby changing the concept choice for the study. The multideployment/retraction (300 for the mission) and the 20% power required in partial deployment (under 3 kN reboost engines) favor rigid arrays for both silicon and gallium arsenide cells, with a very simple and reliable pantograph deployment/retraction system.
- Publication:
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Final Report Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale
- Pub Date:
- September 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985snia.rept.....P
- Keywords:
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- Rigid Structures;
- Solar Arrays;
- Space Erectable Structures;
- Space Stations;
- Spacecraft Power Supplies;
- Columbus Space Station;
- Folding Structures;
- Gallium Arsenides;
- Silicon;
- Solar Cells;
- Energy Production and Conversion