Next generation GOES satellite power subsystem

Author

Krummann, William

Author_Institution

Hughes Space & Commun., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

16

Issue

4

fYear

2001

fDate

4/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

23

Lastpage

28

Abstract

Hughes space and communications was awarded a contract in January 1998 from NASA´s Goddard Space Flight Center for the design, manufacture, integration and launch of two next generation geostationary operational environmental satellites (GOES) and options for two additional satellites. The satellites measure weather phenomena as the primary mission and X-rays and charged particles as the secondary missions. This paper describes the GOES electrical power subsystem (EPS) requirements, architecture, hardware and energy balance analysis. As of this writing, the design of the EPS has completed the critical design review phase and the hardware has entered the manufacturing phase

Keywords

artificial satellites; energy storage; power supply circuits; secondary cells; solar cell arrays; space vehicle power plants; GOES electrical power subsystem; GOES satellite power subsystem; Hughes; NASA; X-rays; battery; charged particles; critical design review; geostationary operational environmental satellites; power distribution; secondary missions; solar array; weather; Circuits; Insulation; Satellites; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.918023

Filename

918023