Experimental Solar Array Space Flight Experiment on the AFRL TacSat-2 Spacecraft
Experimental Solar Array Space Flight Experiment on the AFRL TacSat-2 Spacecraft
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This technical report presents the physical configuration, preflight testing, and on-orbit data analysis for the Experimental Solar Array flown on the TacSat-2 satellite (a.k.a. Roadrunner). Successful deployment of the fold integrated thin-film stiffening solar array was demonstrated. In addition, on-orbit electrical performance data was obtained for approximately 79 watts (Beginning-of-Life (BOL), Air Mass 0 (AM0), at 25C) of triple junction a-Si (amorphous silicon) thin-film solar cells integrated in a series/parallel configuration to support a 28V spacecraft bus. Measured on-orbit electrical data showed reasonable agreement with predicted on-orbit operation.
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Experimental Solar Array Space Flight Experiment on the AFRL TacSat-2 Spacecraft
2018
42 pages
Report
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English
Electrotechnology , Electric Power Production , Solar cells , Solar panels , Satellite buses , Spacecraft , Artificial satellites , Thin films , Fits(fold integrated thin-film stiffening) , A-si(amorphous silicon) , Emc(elastic memory composite) , Iau(integrated avionics unit) , Tacsat-2 roadrunner satellite
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