On 2 September 1972, the Navy launched a navigational satellite of the Transit series. This satellite, which was called TRIAD during its development, has a radioisotope thermal generator (RTG) for its main power source; however, it has an auxiliary power source consisting of four experimental hardened solar panel segments. Another one of the experiments on board the spacecraft is a set of six solar cell modules designated the Environmental Survey Panel (ESP). This report will describe the pre-flight tests that were conducted on the solar power experiments, the results of those tests, and the flight data that are available.
An Evaluation of a Space Flight Test of Hardened Solar Array Technology
1974
79 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Radioactive Wastes & Radioactivity , Unmanned Spacecraft , Solar panels , Radiation hardening , Solar cells , Arrays , Navigation satellites , Flight testing , Test methods , Telemetering data , Temperature , Intensity , Voltage , Direct current , Ultrasonic welding , Honeycomb cores , Bonding , Aluminum , Lithium , Doping , Coordinates , Transformations , Titanium , Silver , Transit
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