Open AccessOn Orbit Measurement of Next Generation Space Solar Cell Technology on the International Space Station
Author(s) -
David S. Wolford,
Matthew Myers,
Norman F. Prokop,
Michael J. Krasowski,
David Parker,
Justin C. Cassidy,
William E. Davies,
Janelle O. Vorreiter,
Michael F. Piszczor,
J. S. McNatt
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
7th international energy conversion engineering conference
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.2514/6.2015-3898
Subject(s) - international space station , space (punctuation) , space technology , aerospace engineering , orbit (dynamics) , satellite , solar cell , computer science , remote sensing , electrical engineering , engineering , geology , operating system
Measurement is essential for the evaluation of new photovoltaic (PV) technology for space solar cells. NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) is in the process of measuring several solar cells in a supplemental experiment on NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's (GSFC) Robotic Refueling Mission's (RRM) Task Board 4 (TB4). Four industry and government partners have provided advanced PV devices for measurement and orbital environment testing. The experiment will be on-orbit for approximately 18 months. It is completely self-contained and will provide its own power and internal data storage. Several new cell technologies including four- junction (4J) Inverted Metamorphic Multijunction (IMM) cells will be evaluated and the results compared to ground-based measurements.
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