Solar array flight experiment (SAFE)

Technical Report · Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6507327

Schock, R W

The solar arrays flight experiment consists of four experiments on two different flights. The first experiment, termed the baseline, has a basic purpose to demonstrate the flight readiness of lightweight solar array technology for solar electric propulsion and other payload power applications. The early availability of this experiment and its basic large space structure characteristics make it a logical candidate to demonstrate other disciplines critical to large space structures. These demonstrations form the basis for three other solar array experiments, two in remote sensing and one in control. All of these experiments are briefly reviewed.

• Research Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Huntsville, AL (USA). George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
• OSTI ID: 6507327
• Report Number(s): N-82-19284
• Resource Relation: Other Information: In NASA. Langley Research Center Large Space Systems Technol., Pt. 2, 1981, p 881-891 (SEE N82-19257 10-15)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR CELL ARRAYS
FLIGHT TESTING
CONTROL
REMOTE SENSING
SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION
SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
POWER SUPPLIES
PROPULSION
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
TESTING
140501* - Solar Energy Conversion- Photovoltaic Conversion
140600 - Solar Energy- Photovoltaic Power Systems