DocumentCode
2525855
Title
The GOCE electrical power system
Author
Caon, Antonia ; Doerre, M. ; Haines, Jim E. ; Landstroem, S.
Author_Institution
ES/TEC, Eur. Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands
fYear
2004
fDate
29-31 July 2004
Firstpage
87
Lastpage
92
Abstract
Scheduled for launch in 2005, the GOCE (Gravity field and Ocean Circulation Explorer) is the first of the core explorer missions planned as part of the European Space Agency´s, living planet programme. This work describes the electrical power system of the GOCE satellite, the electric energy budget of the mission and the special power bus protection features required to produce the new technology battery system.
Keywords
artificial satellites; space vehicle power plants; European Space Agency; GOCE electrical power system; GOCE satellite; Gravity field and Ocean Circulation Explorer; battery system; core explorer missions; electric energy budget; living planet programme; power bus protection; Power systems;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 2002. IECEC '02. 2002 37th Intersociety
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7296-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IECEC.2002.1391984
Filename
1391984
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