Title :
ESA future missions: Challenges for power generators
Author :
Signorini, Carla ; Taylor, Stephen ; Caon, Antonio ; Baur, Carsten ; Fernandez, Emilio ; Gerlach, Lothar
Author_Institution :
Eur. Space Technol. Centre (ESTEC), Eur. Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Abstract :
Currently ESA is considering a variety of missions which extend from extreme near-sun environment at Mercury out to Jupiter and beyond. These missions impose dramatically different environments (illumination intensity, operating temperature, particle radiation). This paper will discuss the challenges for solar array technology.
Keywords :
aerospace instrumentation; solar cell arrays; space power generation; space vehicles; ESA; Jupiter; Mercury; extreme near-sun environment; illumination intensity; operating temperature; particle radiation; power generators; solar array; triple-junction solar cell; Earth; Photovoltaic cells; Planetary orbits; Planets; Power generation; Space missions; Space technology; Space vehicles; Sun; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2009 34th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2949-3
Electronic_ISBN :
0160-8371
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411415
