NASA is currently developing advanced solar cell and solar array technologies to support future exploration activities. These advanced photovoltaic technology development efforts are needed to enable very large (multi-hundred kilowatt) power systems that must be compatible with solar electric propulsion (SEP) missions. The technology being developed must address a wide variety of requirements and cover the necessary advances in solar cell, blanket integration, and large solar array structures that are needed for this class of missions. Th is paper will summarize NASA's plans for high power SEP missions, initi al mission studies and power system requirements, plans for advanced photovoltaic technology development, and the status of specific cell and array technology development and testing that have already been conducted.


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    Title :

    Solar Cell and Array Technology Development for NASA Solar Electric Propulsion Missions


    Contributors:
    M. Piszczor (author) / J. McNatt (author) / C. Mercer (author) / T. Kerslake (author) / R. Pappa (author)

    Publication date :

    2012


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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