Title :
Radiation resistant space experiment-LIPS III (space vehicle power plants)
Author :
Horne, W.E. ; Cannaday, S. ; Thompson, M.A. ; Brothers, P. ; Morgan, M.
Author_Institution :
Boeing Electron., Bellevue, WA, USA
Abstract :
A description of three LIPS III flight experiments is presented. The experiments provide data on three concepts for radiation-resistant, survivable space power systems. The concepts are an in-orbit annealable silicon solar array, a concentrating GaAs solar array based on total internal reflection, and a lightweight radiation-resistant CuInSe2 polycrystalline-film solar array. The experiments are in a 600 nm circular orbit, and on-orbit data are being collected. Preliminary results from the on-orbit data are presented.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; copper compounds; elemental semiconductors; gallium arsenide; semiconductor device testing; silicon; solar cells; solar energy concentrators; space vehicle power plants; ternary semiconductors; CuInSe2; GaAs; LIPS III flight experiments; Si; radiation resistance; semiconductor device testing; solar array; solar cells; solar energy concentrators; space vehicle power plants; Annealing; Bonding; Electronic packaging thermal management; Gallium arsenide; Lips; Optical arrays; Optical reflection; Power generation; Power systems; Silicon; Silicon compounds; Space technology; Space vehicles; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1988., Conference Record of the Twentieth IEEE
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV, USA
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.1988.105821
