• DocumentCode
    2189475
  • Title

    The ERS1 power system

  • Author

    Haines, J.E. ; Mccarthy, C. ; Poncin, A.

  • Author_Institution
    European Space Research & Technology Centre Noordwijk, the Netherlands
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    24-28 June 1985
  • Firstpage
    39
  • Lastpage
    51
  • Abstract
    Under the auspices of the European Space Agency, the European Space industries are about to embark on a new application satellite programme, namely that of earth resources. This paper describes the conceptual design of the electrical power system for the power and energy demanding, ERS1 mission. The power system concept proposed for this low earth orbit application is based on that of the SPOT platform and consists of a battery defined power bus together with a solar array shunt regulator able to control on both battery re-charge current and a selectable end of charge voltage level.
  • Keywords
    Arrays; Batteries; Instruments; Payloads; Regulators; Satellites; Space vehicles; ERS1; Flexible Solar Array; Nickel Cadmium Batteries; PWM Shunt regulator; Power Distribution; SPOT; Satellite Power System;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics Specialists Conference (ESA SP-230), 1985 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Toulouse, France
  • ISSN
    0379-6566
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PESC-ESASP.1985.7069774
  • Filename
    7069774