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Power and pyro subsystems for Mars Pathfinder

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OSTI ID:347694
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  1. California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena, CA (United States). Jet Propulsion Lab.

The Power and Pyro Subsystem (PPS) for Mars Pathfinder was designed to support the spacecraft activities during Launch, Cruise, Entry and Landing and Mars operation phases of the mission. The key design constraints were cost, volume and mass. The PPS consists of solar arrays, batteries and power electronics. This paper describes the Mars Pathfinder mission, key requirements on PPS, and PPS system architecture and description of each element of the PPS system.

OSTI ID:
347694
Report Number(s):
CONF-970701--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English