Albedo effects on the MBB LIPS III experiment

Author

Kulms, Hermann ; La Roche, G.J. ; Laemmie, Stephan

Author_Institution

Deutsche Aerosp., MBB Commun. & Propulsion Syst., Ottobrunn, Germany

fYear

1991

fDate

7-11 Oct 1991

Firstpage

1526

Abstract

LIPS III, the third of the `Living Plume Shield´ satellite series, was launched in mid-year 1987 into an orbit of 1110 km, 63° inclination, and 1.02 eccentricity. Data from 3.4 years of orbit measurements have been analyzed. The albedo effect, which initially was not taken into account, has now been investigated. Statistically, the correlation of the scattering current data and the albedo effect is shown by the criterion of joint probability. The current data were reduced by a calculated albedo factor, and the time history plots of the characteristic solar cell parameters I_sc, V _oc, I_mp, and V_mp were analyzed for the comparison of the measured and the theoretical particle degradation

Keywords

albedo; solar cells; space vehicle power plants; LIPS III; Living Plume Shield satellite; albedo effect; scattering current data; solar cell parameters; Current measurement; Extraterrestrial measurements; History; Lips; Orbital calculations; Particle measurements; Particle scattering; Photovoltaic cells; Probability; Satellites;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the Twenty Second IEEE

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Print_ISBN

0-87942-636-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1991.169459

Filename

169459