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FAST Spacecraft Battery Design and PerformanceThe Fast Auroral Snapshot (FAST) Explorer spacecraft is to study the physical processes that produce the aurora borealis and aurora australis. It is a unique plasma physics experiment that will take fundamental measurements of the magnetic and electrical fields. This investigation will add significantly to our understanding of the near-earth space environments and its effect. The FAST has a 1 year requirement and 3-year goal for its mission life in low earth orbit. The FAST power power system topology is a Direct Energy Transfer (DET) system based on the SAMPEX design. The FAST flight battery supplies power to the satellite during pre-launch operations, the launch phase, the eclipse periods for all mission phases, and when the load is about 50 watts.
Document ID
19970013738
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Jung, David S. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Rao, Gopalakrishna (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Ahmad, Anisa (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Date Acquired
August 17, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1997
Publication Information
Publication: The 1996 NASA Aerospace Battery Workshop
Subject Category
Energy Production And Conversion
Accession Number
97N17449
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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