Spacecraft energy storage systems

Author

Ginter, Steve ; Gisler, Gary ; Hanks, James ; Havenhill, Douglas ; Robinson, Wilf ; Spina, Len

Author_Institution

SatCon Technol. Corp., Tucson, AZ, USA

Volume

13

Issue

5

fYear

1998

fDate

5/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

27

Lastpage

32

Abstract

Flywheel Energy Storage Systems represent an exciting alternative to traditional battery storage systems used to power satellites during periods of eclipse. The increasing demand for reliable communication and data access is driving explosive growth in the number of satellite systems being developed as well as their performance requirements. Power-on orbit is the key to this performance, and batteries are becoming increasingly unattractive as an energy storage media. Flywheel systems offer very attractive characteristics for both energy storage, in terms of energy density and the number of charge/discharge cycles, and the important side benefit of spacecraft attitude control

Keywords

attitude control; flywheels; machine bearings; machine control; space vehicle power plants; Flywheel Energy Storage; charge/discharge cycles; eclipse; energy density; magnetic bearings; power satellites; power-on orbit; spacecraft attitude control; spacecraft energy storage; Aerospace electronics; Assembly; Batteries; Energy storage; Flywheels; Magnetic levitation; Power control; Satellites; Space technology; Space vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.673739

Filename

673739