Early results from the PASP Plus flight experiment

Author

Curtis, H. ; Piszczor, M. ; Severance, P. ; Guidice, D. ; Olson, D.

Author_Institution

NASA Lewis Res. Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

5-9 Dec 1994

Firstpage

2169

Abstract

Early results from the PASP Plus experiment, launched on Aug. 3, 1994, are given. The experiment consists of sixteen individual solar cell modules on twelve different panels. A wide variety of solar cell types are included. Two of the modules are concentrators. The orbit is 363×2552 km inclined at 70 degrees. There are two main purposes of PASP Plus: (1) to determine the interactions between the space plasma and solar arrays biased to plus or minus 500 volts; and (2) to determine the long term radiation performance of a wide variety of new solar cell types

Keywords

aerospace test facilities; aerospace testing; photovoltaic power systems; semiconductor device testing; solar cell arrays; solar cells; space vehicle power plants; 2552 km; 500 V; PASP Plus flight experiment; concentrators; flight testing; long term radiation performance; solar arrays; solar cell modules; space plasma; space power; Degradation; Gallium arsenide; Leakage current; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Plasma measurements; Satellites; Solar power generation; Space vehicles; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 1994., Conference Record of the Twenty Fourth. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1994, 1994 IEEE First World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1460-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.1994.521652

Filename

521652