• DocumentCode
    1509972
  • Title

    Juno II satellite power supplies

  • Author

    Youngblood, Phil

  • Author_Institution
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
  • Volume
    81
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1962
  • fDate
    5/1/1962 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    342
  • Lastpage
    346
  • Abstract
    Power supplies consisting of solar cells and rechargeable batteries were designed and integrated into a system for furnishing continuous, long-duration electric power to the instrumentation aboard the various Juno II satellites. For the shorter-duration satellites, boosted by Juno II vehicles, mercury batteries alone were used as power supplies
  • Keywords
    Batteries; Instruments; Orbits; Payloads; Photovoltaic cells; Power supplies; Satellites;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1962.6446881
  • Filename
    6446881