Title :
The GOCE electrical power system
Author :
Caon, Antonia ; Doerre, M. ; Haines, Jim E. ; Landstroem, S.
Author_Institution :
ES/TEC, Eur. Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Abstract :
Scheduled for launch in 2005, the GOCE (Gravity field and Ocean Circulation Explorer) is the first of the core explorer missions planned as part of the European Space Agency´s, living planet programme. This work describes the electrical power system of the GOCE satellite, the electric energy budget of the mission and the special power bus protection features required to produce the new technology battery system.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; space vehicle power plants; European Space Agency; GOCE electrical power system; GOCE satellite; Gravity field and Ocean Circulation Explorer; battery system; core explorer missions; electric energy budget; living planet programme; power bus protection; Power systems;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 2002. IECEC '02. 2002 37th Intersociety
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7296-4
DOI :
10.1109/IECEC.2002.1391984
