Search Results - "Stella, P.M."
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Managing PV power on Mars - MER Rovers
Published in 2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) (01-06-2009)“…The MER Rovers have recently completed over 5 years of operation! This is a remarkable demonstration of the capabilities of PV power on the Martian surface…”
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Early mission power assessment of the Dawn solar array
Published in 2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) (01-06-2009)“…NASA's Discovery Mission Dawn was launched in September 2007. Dawn will be the first to orbit two asteroids on a single voyage. The solar array for the Dawn…”
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Multi-bandgap high efficiency converter (RAINBOW)
Published in IECEC-97 Proceedings of the Thirty-Second Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (Cat. No.97CH6203) (1997)“…Many proposals have been made to increase solar array efficiency by using two or more cells with appropriately spaced bandgaps to span a greater portion of the…”
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Design and performance of the MER (Mars Exploration Rovers) solar arrays
Published in Conference Record of the Thirty-first IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2005 (2005)“…The Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) program posed a significant engineering and technology challenge. Now that the Rovers have operated beyond their original…”
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Modification of Triple Junction Solar Cells for Martian Surface Conditions
Published in 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conference (01-05-2006)“…Triple junction solar cells have been designed and fabricated to operate optimally with a Martian 60deg latitude solar spectrum. Efficiencies as high as 27.4%…”
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Multijunction Solar Cell Technology for Mars Surface Applications
Published in 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conference (01-05-2006)“…Solar cells used for Mars surface applications have been commercial space qualified AMO optimized devices. Due to the Martian atmosphere, these cells are not…”
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The performance of advanced solar cells for interplanetary missions
Published in Conference Record of the Twenty-Eighth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 2000 (Cat. No.00CH37036) (2000)“…Recent advances in space solar cell technology have produced substantial increases in Air Mass Zero (AM0) efficiency. Since these cells have been developed…”
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Advanced Photovoltaic Solar Array Program status
Published in Proceedings of the 24th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (1989)“…The Advanced Photovoltaic Solar Array (APSA) Program for spacecraft is discussed. The objective of the program is to demonstrate a producible array system by…”
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LEO effects on conventional and unconventional solar cell cover materials
Published in The Conference Record of the Twenty-Second IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1991 (1991)“…In 1984, the LDEF (Long Duration Exposure Facility) was placed in LEO (low Earth orbit) for a mission planned to last approximately one year. The effects of…”
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PV technology for low intensity, low temperature (LILT) applications
Published in Proceedings of 1994 IEEE 1st World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion - WCPEC (A Joint Conference of PVSC, PVSEC and PSEC) (1994)“…As a result of the recent NASA emphasis on smaller, lower cost space missions, PV space power is now being considered for a number of missions operating at…”
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Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) high temperature survival solar array
Published in Conference Record of the Twenty Fifth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1996 (1996)“…The MGS mission is one of the first major planetary missions conducted under the new NASA Faster, Better, Cheaper guidelines. Ironically, mission requirements…”
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Thin film GaAs for space-moving out of the laboratory
Published in Conference Record of the Twenty Third IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1993 (Cat. No.93CH3283-9) (1993)“…In 1991, NASA-JPL completed the APSA (Advanced Photovoltaic Solar Array) program, demonstrating a lightweight deployable flexible array wing capable of 130…”
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Latest Developments in the Advanced Photovoltaic Solar Array Program
Published in Proceedings of the 25th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (1990)“…In 1985, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), under sponsorship from the NASA Office of Aeronautics, Exploration and Technology (OAET), initiated the Advanced…”
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Mission applications for advanced photovoltaic solar arrays
Published in IEEE Conference on Photovoltaic Specialists (1990)“…The suitability of the advanced photovoltaic solar array (APSA) for future space missions was examined by considering the impact on the spacecraft system in…”
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