Stretched lens array squarerigger (SLASR): A unique high-power solar array for exploration missions

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 59, Issue 1-5, 2006, Pages 157-165

  O'Neill, Mark ^a   Howell, Joe ^b   Lollar, Louis ^b   Carrington, Connie ^b   Suzuki, Nantel ^c   Piszczor, Michael ^d   Hoppe, David ^b   Eskenazi, Michael ^e   Aiken, Dan ^f   Fulton, Michael ^f   Brandhorst, Henry ^g   Schuller, Michael ^h   McDanal, A J ^a  

^a ENTECH Inc   (United States)

^b NASA MSFC   (United States)

^c NASA HQ   (United States)

^d NASA GRC   (United States)

^e NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^f EMCORE ^*  (United States)

^g AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; LENSES; RADIATION; SPACE RESEARCH;

AREAL POWER DENSITY; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION; SPACE TUG MISSIONS; STRETCHED LENS ARRAY SQUARERIGGER;

SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 33744508581     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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