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Performance of the mir cooperative solar array after 2.5 years in orbit
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Kerslake, Thomas W. Hoffman, David J. |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Description | The Mir Cooperative Solar Array (MCSA) was developed jointly by the United States and Russia to produce 6 kW of power for the Russian space station Mir. Four, multi-orbit test sequences were executed between June 1996 and December 1998 to measure MCSA electrical performance. A dedicated Fortran computer code was developed to analyze the detailed thermal-electrical performance of the MCSA. The computational performance results compared very favorably with the measured flight data in most cases. Minor performance degradation was detected in one current generating section of the MCSA. Yet overall, the flight data indicated the MCSA was meeting and exceeding performance expectations. There was no precipitous performance loss due to contamination or other causes after 2.5 years of operation. In this paper, we review the MCSA flight electrical performance tests, data and computational modeling and discuss findings from data comparisons with the computational results. |
| File Size | 490579 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19990062670 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1bk69k90 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1999-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Propulsion And Power Degradation Flight Characteristics Performance Tests Solar Arrays Losses Electrical Properties Temperature Effects Sequencing Mir Space Station Contamination Computer Programs Fortran Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
