On-orbit performance of TOPEX/Poseidon electrical power system through its design life of three years
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OSTI ID:163382
- Orbital Sciences Corp., Germantown, MD (United States)
- California Inst. of Technology, Pasadena, CA (United States). Jet Propulsion Lab.
The main objective of the TOPEX Spacecraft is to monitor the World`s oceans for both scientific study of weather and climate prediction, coastal storm warning and maritime safety. TOPEX carries a radar altimeter, a microwave radiometer, a laser retro-reflector array, a frequency unit and an experimental GPS demonstration receiver provided by NASA, and a DORIS doppler tracking receiver and a solid-state radar altimeter provided by CNES, the French Space Agency. The spacecraft with these payloads imposed challenging requirements for the on-board Electrical Power System (EPS). This paper presents an overview of the EPS and its flight performance obtained through telemetry since launch.
- OSTI ID:
- 163382
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950729-; TRN: IM9604%%487
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 30. intersociety energy conversion engineering conference, Orlando, FL (United States), 30 Jul - 5 Aug 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 30. intersociety energy conversion engineering conference. Volume 1; Goswami, D.Y. [ed.] [Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)]; Kannberg, L.D.; Somasundaram, S. [eds.] [Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)]; Mancini, T.R. [ed.] [Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)]; PB: 798 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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