Satellite Solar Array Design

Power to run the sensors active heating cooling and telemetry.

Satellite solar array design. Power system design and trade study for a satellite killer spacecraft names withheld massachusetts institute of technology cambridge massachusetts 02139. Some design examples for different missions and satellite configurations. The width of the rectangular shaped array may be approximately. The availability of solar energy has encouraged the development of solar cell arrays which are major structural element for providing power generation of many spacecraft.

For both uses a key figure of merit of the solar panels is the specific power watts generated divided by solar array mass which indicates on a relative basis how much. Now that we know how much power the solar arrays have to provide for the satellite we will use this as input to find the required size of the solar arrays. In this paper the design requirements of the solar array for low earth orbit satellites are defined and the means of satisfying these requirements are described. The impact of the power conditioning architecture on the solar array electrical operative point emc considerations.

The first step in this process is to find the amount of power that the solar array will provide per square meter in ideal circumstances phi ideal. The configuration of the solar array with respect to the spacecraft. Each starlink spacecraft has a flat panel design with multiple high throughput antennas and a single solar array according to information released in the press kit. Solar panels on spacecraft supply power for two main uses.

Design for any satellite includes its electrical power needs and the system to supply them. Solar cell array design must be instituted early in the development of satellite design mission. Thus the design of the solar array should comply with not only the power requirement of satellite system but also the input voltage requirement of the solar array regulator. The satellite power budget starting point for the solar array sizing 6.

The target satellite s solar array.