Recent technology advances for the Stretched Lens Array (SLA), a space solar array offering state of the art performance at low cost and ultra-light mass

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 810-813

  O'Neill, M J ^a   McDanal, A J ^a   Piszczor, M F ^b   Edwards, D L ^c   Eskenazi, M I ^d   Brandhorst, H W ^e  

^a ENTECH Inc   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACE SOLAR ARRAYS; STRETCHED LENS ARRAY (SLA); ULTRA-LIGHT MASS;

ARRAYS; LENSES; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; WINGS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 27944454868     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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