A spacecraft, configured to be operated in a geosynchronous orbit includes a power subsystem, including a battery, and a battery charge controller. The spacecraft is configured to have a power demand, during an eclipse season of the geosynchronous orbit, of ‘P’ kilowatts and the battery is sized to have a nominal capacity, measured in kilowatt-hours, smaller than 1.2*P/0.85. In some implementations, the battery has a rated charge voltage corresponding to the nominal capacity and the battery charge controller is configured to execute a battery charge management strategy that charges the battery to an above-rated charge voltage during selected portions of the eclipse season.


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    Title :

    Battery charge management for geosynchronous spacecraft


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2019-03-26


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    H02J CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER , Schaltungsanordnungen oder Systeme für die Abgabe oder Verteilung elektrischer Leistung / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR



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