DocumentCode
2243579
Title
Baseline power system design for the Giotto spacecraft
Author
Levins, D. ; O´Sullivan, D. ; Logalbo, P.
Author_Institution
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY, NOORDWIJK NETHERLANDS
fYear
1982
fDate
14-17 June 1982
Firstpage
354
Lastpage
360
Abstract
This paper highlights features of the baseline power system design for the Giotto spacecraft together with design constraints imposed by the mission profile. The solar array regulator and the battery charge and discharge regulator designs are described in some detail together with justification for the selected configurations and some relevant experimental test results. In the Industrial Consortium led by BAe (Britain), the firm FIAR is responsible for the design manufacturing and testing of the Power Supply subsystem of Giotto.
Keywords
Arrays; Batteries; Discharges (electric); Regulators; Space vehicles; Switching circuits; Transistors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Power Electronics Specialists conference, 1982 IEEE
Conference_Location
Cambridge, MA, USA
ISSN
0275-9306
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PESC.1982.7072428
Filename
7072428
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