Laboratory tests on 110-volt solar arrays in simulated geosynchronous orbit environment

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-220

  Cho, Mengu ^a   Ramasamy, Raju ^a,d   Matsumoto, Toshiaki ^a   Toyoda, Kazuhiro ^a   Nozaki, Yukishige ^b   Takahashi, Masato ^c  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c Natl Space Dev Agcy Japan   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARRAYS; DEFECTS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; ORBITS; SATELLITES; SUBSTRATES;

SOLAR ARRAYS;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0037365752     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3955     Document Type: Article

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