• DocumentCode
    3444105
  • Title

    ESA future missions: Challenges for power generators

  • Author

    Signorini, Carla ; Taylor, Stephen ; Caon, Antonio ; Baur, Carsten ; Fernandez, Emilio ; Gerlach, Lothar

  • Author_Institution
    Eur. Space Technol. Centre (ESTEC), Eur. Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    7-12 June 2009
  • Abstract
    Currently ESA is considering a variety of missions which extend from extreme near-sun environment at Mercury out to Jupiter and beyond. These missions impose dramatically different environments (illumination intensity, operating temperature, particle radiation). This paper will discuss the challenges for solar array technology.
  • Keywords
    aerospace instrumentation; solar cell arrays; space power generation; space vehicles; ESA; Jupiter; Mercury; extreme near-sun environment; illumination intensity; operating temperature; particle radiation; power generators; solar array; triple-junction solar cell; Earth; Photovoltaic cells; Planetary orbits; Planets; Power generation; Space missions; Space technology; Space vehicles; Sun; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2009 34th IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Philadelphia, PA
  • ISSN
    0160-8371
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2949-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0160-8371
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411415
  • Filename
    5411415
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3444105