The design of Space Station Freedom's electric power system (EPS) is reviewed, highlighted the key design goals of performance, low cost, reliability and safety. Tradeoff study results that illustrate the competing factors responsible for many of the more important design decisions are discussed. When Freedom's EPS is compared with previous space power designs, two major differences stand out. The first is the size of the EPS, which is larger than any prior system. The second major difference between the EPS and other space power designs is the indefinite expected life of Freedom; 30 years has been used for life-cycle-cost calculations.


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    Title :

    Design of the Space Station Freedom power system


    Additional title:

    Entwurf des Stromversorgungssystems für die Raumstation Freedom


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1989


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 4 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English