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Valuable data provided by pasp plus flight experiment after 1 year in orbit
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 1996 |
| Description | Successfully launched on August 3, 1994, the Photovoltaic Array Space Power Plus Diagnostics (PASP Plus) flight experiment is a joint Air Force Phillips Laboratory/NASA Lewis Research Center program designed to test a variety of new and existing photovoltaic (PV) cell and array technologies within the space environment. The experiment consists of 12 different experimental photovoltaic modules, along with numerous diagnostic instruments that measure the space environment and interactions between the experimental modules and that environment. Power Technology Division personnel at Lewis, who had the primary responsibility for integrating the individual photovoltaic module experiments, continue to analyze and interpret the current-voltage characteristics and environmental effects data received back from the spacecraft. The major goals of the experiment included determining the long-term performance of the photovoltaic modules within a high-radiation environment (PASP Plus was launched into an elliptical, high-radiation orbit) and measuring the interactions between the experimental modules and the space plasma when the modules were biased at high positive and negative voltages. Understanding array interactions within the space plasma is critical to spacecraft power system operations and important to providing higher bus voltage designs in the future. |
| File Size | 30931 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20050177113 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t01023n4j |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1996-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Propulsion And Power Environment Effects Spacecraft Power Supplies Photovoltaic Cells Aerospace Environments Space Plasmas Elliptical Orbits Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
