SCARLET development, fabrication and testing for the Deep Space 1 spacecraft

Conference · Tue Dec 30 23:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:347695

Murphy, D M ^[1]; Allen, D M ^[2]

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1. AEC-ABLE Engineering, Inc., Goleta, CA (United States)
2. Schafer Corp., Olmsted, OH (United States)

An advanced version of ``Solar Concentrator Arrays with Refractive Linear Element Technology`` (SCARLET) is being assembled for use on the first NASA/JPL New Millennium spacecraft: Deep Space 1 (DS1). The array is scaled up from the first SCARLET array that was built for the METEOR satellite in 1995 and incorporates advanced technologies such as dual-junction solar cells and an improved structural design. Due to the failure of the Conestoga launch vehicle, this will be the first flight of a modular concentrator array. SCARLET will provide 2.6 kW to the DS1 spacecraft to be launched in July 1998 for a mission that includes fly-bys of the asteroid McAuliffe, Mars, and the comet West-Kohoutek-Ikemura. This paper describes the SCARLET design, fabrication/assembly, and testing program for the flight system.

• OSTI ID: 347695
• Report Number(s): CONF-970701--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
CONCENTRATOR SOLAR CELLS
DESIGN
FABRICATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
SOLAR CELL ARRAYS
SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES