Title :
Early results from the PASP Plus flight experiment
Author :
Curtis, H. ; Piszczor, M. ; Severance, P. ; Guidice, D. ; Olson, D.
Author_Institution :
NASA Lewis Res. Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Abstract :
Early results from the PASP Plus experiment, launched on Aug. 3, 1994, are given. The experiment consists of sixteen individual solar cell modules on twelve different panels. A wide variety of solar cell types are included. Two of the modules are concentrators. The orbit is 363×2552 km inclined at 70 degrees. There are two main purposes of PASP Plus: (1) to determine the interactions between the space plasma and solar arrays biased to plus or minus 500 volts; and (2) to determine the long term radiation performance of a wide variety of new solar cell types
Keywords :
aerospace test facilities; aerospace testing; photovoltaic power systems; semiconductor device testing; solar cell arrays; solar cells; space vehicle power plants; 2552 km; 500 V; PASP Plus flight experiment; concentrators; flight testing; long term radiation performance; solar arrays; solar cell modules; space plasma; space power; Degradation; Gallium arsenide; Leakage current; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Plasma measurements; Satellites; Solar power generation; Space vehicles; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 1994., Conference Record of the Twenty Fourth. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1994, 1994 IEEE First World Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1460-3
DOI :
10.1109/WCPEC.1994.521652
