TOPEX/Poseidon electrical power system-autonomous operation

Author

Chetty, P.R.K. ; Richardson, R. ; Sherwood, Robert ; Deligiannis, Frank

Author_Institution

Orbital Sci. Corp., Germantown, MD, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

11-16 Aug 1996

Firstpage

266

Abstract

The main objective of the TOPEX/Poseidon Satellite is to monitor the worlds oceans for scientific study of weather and climate prediction, coastal storm warning and maritime safety. The operational conditions of this satellite imposed challenging requirements for the on-board electrical power system (EPS). The power system is designed to maintain a certain level of autonomy. This paper presents the autonomous operations planned, their on-orbit performance and how some of the operations were modified as certain unpredictable circumstances were discovered

Keywords

artificial satellites; photovoltaic power systems; power system control; solar cell arrays; solar cells; space vehicle power plants; TOPEX/Poseidon Satellite; autonomous operation; climate prediction; coastal storm warning; electrical power system; maritime safety; oceans monitoring; on-orbit performance; operational conditions; weather prediction; Batteries; Oceans; Power system analysis computing; Power system measurements; Power systems; Propulsion; Regulators; Satellites; Sea measurements; Sun;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1996. IECEC 96., Proceedings of the 31st Intersociety

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

1089-3547

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3547-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.1996.552883

Filename

552883