Cubesat Solar Panel Protection

The x y solar panel supports multiple integrated sensors and is fully compliant with the cubesat standard.

Cubesat solar panel protection.

Dhv technology has signed a contract with nasa goddard space flight center to provide the solar panels of the gtosat mission geostationary transfer orbit satellite. Its space qualified cells are provided with extensive characterization and test reports. Cubesat picosatellites have a limited area of walls for solar cells assembling and the available area has to be effectively shared with other parts such as planar antennas optical sensors camera lens and access port. The gtosat mission is a scientific mission developed by nasa gsfc the aerospace.

The high power generation capabilities radiation and temperature resilience ensure smooth space operations. The isis single cubesat solar panels come in 1 2u size with sun and temperature sensors and other custom options available on request. The maximum power obtained using body mounted solar panels and advanced triple junction solar cells on a triple unit cubesat is typically less than 10 w. The eps is compatible with different size and configuration of solar panels.

Our 3u solar panel x y utilizes seven highly efficient triple junction solar cells. The most common failure of cubesats is negative power budget. Cubesat deployalbe solar panels power system nanospacecraft solar panel deployment testing modular design abstract one of the main cubesat bus limitations is the available on board power. Nanoavionics cubesat electrical power system eps is highly standardized power conditioning and distribution unit designed to meet wide variety of customer requirements.

Good power management is also vital to maximise efficiency and safety on board. Tailored solar panel configuration to match orbit mission is more important than solar cell area. High resolution 1m 10km swath 3u cubesat concept. With standard size of solar cell strings it is not possible to construct a reliable solar panel for cubesat with redundant strings interconnection.

Our 1u solar panel x y utilizes two highly efficient triple junction solar cells. The solar cells are azur space 3g30c qualified solar cells for space applications with 30 efficiency using triple junction technology. Solar panels are manufactured following the standard ecss e st 20 08c. Dhv cs 10 products are solar arrays for 1u cubesats there are available top bottom and side versions.

Modular solution multiple pc104 form factor board ideal for 3u platforms and up communication over two independent i2c or uart interfaces spi optional fram based mcus for improved radiation tolerance hardware over current protection and hardware based maximum power point tracking hardware supervisor including watchdog solar panel interface utilizes gan fets output load channels. Flight heritage since 2013.