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Large area flexible solar array design for Space Shuttle application

Clint J. Souza

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A large area flexible solar array has been designed for Shuttle power augmentation. The solar array utilizes large area, low cost, weldable solar cells. The paper addresses how the unique requirements of this system are implemented into the design. Economic and reliability issues relating to the optimization of a large area, foldable solar array concomitant to the Shuttle/Orbiter system are reviewed.

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Key concepts: Orbiter, Space Shuttle, Reliability (semiconductor), Solar power, Aerospace engineering, Photovoltaic system, Engineering, Computer science