• DocumentCode
    3381297
  • Title

    Solar cell calibration for the Pico Satellite solar cell testbed (PSSC Testbed) space flight experiment

  • Author

    Simburger, Edward J. ; Liu, Simon ; Halpine, John ; Hinkley, David ; Rumsey, Daniel ; Swenson, James ; Granata, Jennifer ; Yoo, Henry

  • Author_Institution
    The Aerospace Corporation, USA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    11-16 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    The results of this preflight calibration of the measurement electronics and the individual solar arrays will allow corrections to be made to flight data for determining the actual degradation of the test solar cells as a result of exposure to the space environment.
  • Keywords
    Aerospace electronics; Aerospace testing; Batteries; Calibration; Low earth orbit satellites; Photovoltaic cells; Satellite broadcasting; Space technology; Space vehicles; Wheels;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2008. PVSC '08. 33rd IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA, USA
  • ISSN
    0160-8371
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1640-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0160-8371
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922708
  • Filename
    4922708