The power subsystem for the next generation GOES satellite

Author

Krummann, William

Author_Institution

Hughes Space & Commun., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

207

Abstract

Hughes Space and Communications was awarded a contract in January 1998 from NASA´s Goddard Space Flight Center for the design, manufacture, integration and launch of two next generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) and options for two additional satellites. The satellites measure weather phenomena as the primary mission and X-rays and charged particles as the secondary missions. This paper describes the GOES electrical power subsystem (EPS) requirements, architecture, hardware and energy balance analysis. As of this writing, the design of the EPS has completed the critical design review phase and the hardware has entered the manufacturing phase

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; artificial satellites; photovoltaic power systems; power distribution; secondary cells; solar cell arrays; space vehicle power plants; GOES satellite electrical power subsystem; Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites; NASA; architecture; critical design review; energy balance analysis; hardware; manufacturing; requirements; space power; Artificial satellites; Hardware; Instruments; Magnetic fields; Manufacturing; Monitoring; Payloads; Space vehicles; Temperature distribution; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference and Exhibit, 2000. (IECEC) 35th Intersociety

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Print_ISBN

1-56347-375-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.2000.870688

Filename

870688