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Articles tagged: solar panel

  • ESA, externally occulted coronagraph, formation flying technologies, Proba-3 January 2019 Engineering six-hour solar eclipses with formation flying

    ... when deployed, outside the penumbra created by the other satellite in coronagraph operations. During launch, the deployable solar panel is stowed against the rigid support structure.The CSC is responsible for performing the main orbital maintenance...

    • ESA
    • externally occulted coronagraph
    • formation flying technologies
    • Proba-3
    Authors: Agnes Mestreau-Garreau     Damien Galano     Karim Mellab     Luis F Peñin     Victor Marco Gomez    
  • 15 November 2014 Pioneering Philae completes main mission before hibernation

    ...contact will be possible unless sufficient sunlight falls on the solar panels to generate enough power to wake it up. The possibility ... However, given the low recharge current coming from the solar panels at this time, it is unlikely that contact will...

  • Koen Geurts, Philae, Rosetta June 2015 The day Philae landed: how a rough touchdown still made history at the Rosetta Mission

    ... obtained during the on-comet operations, in particular power and communication data, provided further clues. From the solar panels the time of sunrise and sunset could be derived, which relates to a certain area on the comet. Superimposing all...

    • Koen Geurts
    • Philae
    • Rosetta
    Authors: Koen Geurts    
  • BepiColombo, ESA, JAXA, Mercury, Spacecraft November 2018 BepiColombo – a mission to explore Mercury

    ... orbit is one Earth year (about four Mercury years, or two Mercury solar days) and, if needed, a mission extension by another Earth year is optional. Solar panel on the BepiColombo Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) during final inspections and deployment...

    • BepiColombo
    • ESA
    • JAXA
    • Mercury
    • Spacecraft
    Authors: Johannes Benkoff    
  • electric orbit raising, EOR, space weather October 2019 Electric orbit raising and space weather

    ... 1991 event can be evaluated in terms of the associated radiation damage and solar cell degradation. Figure 2. Degradation of EOR-1’s solar panels (blue) increased from ~3% in a quiet environment to ~8% in an active environment. In the case of EOR...

    • electric orbit raising
    • EOR
    • space weather
    Authors: Alexander Lozinski    
  • 03 August 2015 From SpaceX to SolarCity: how space sector innovation affects sustainability on Earth

    ... efficient assembly and progressive financing techniques, have made SolarCity a potential trigger for mass adoption of the solar panel in the United States. Considering the scientific community’s growing concerns about climate change and the need...

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