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Title: Flight performance of the Magellan Solar Array

Abstract

The Magellan Spacecraft Solar Array, designed to operate over vastly varying environmental conditions, has recently completed over five years of flight operations. Flight performance of the Solar Array has met and/or exceeded all design objectives. Though initially designed for 15 months of cruise plus 8 months of planetary operations, the Solar Array continued to function 42 months past design life. This paper contains a brief description of the mission, a design description, and flight performance data.

Authors:
; ;  [1]
  1. Martin Marietta, Denver, CO (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
191170
Report Number(s):
CONF-941203-
ISBN 0-7803-1459-X; TRN: IM9610%%171
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 1. world conference on photovoltaic energy conversion, Waikoloa, HI (United States), 5-9 Dec 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of 1994 IEEE first world conference on photovoltaic energy conversion: Conference record of the twenty-fourth IEEE photovoltaic specialists conference -- 1994. Volume 2; PB: 1268 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; SATELLITES; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; PERFORMANCE; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; SILICON SOLAR CELLS

Citation Formats

Short, O, Sharmit, K, and Adams, W. Flight performance of the Magellan Solar Array. United States: N. p., 1994. Web.
Short, O, Sharmit, K, & Adams, W. Flight performance of the Magellan Solar Array. United States.
Short, O, Sharmit, K, and Adams, W. 1994. "Flight performance of the Magellan Solar Array". United States.
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abstractNote = {The Magellan Spacecraft Solar Array, designed to operate over vastly varying environmental conditions, has recently completed over five years of flight operations. Flight performance of the Solar Array has met and/or exceeded all design objectives. Though initially designed for 15 months of cruise plus 8 months of planetary operations, the Solar Array continued to function 42 months past design life. This paper contains a brief description of the mission, a design description, and flight performance data.},
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year = {Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1994},
month = {Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1994}
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