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The spacecraft power supply systemThe power supply system in the Telstar spacecraft consists of a solar cell plant to convert solar radiation to electrical energy when the satellite is illuminated by the sun, a 19-cell nickel-cadmium battery to store energy, and a regulation circuit to supply constant output voltages over a wide variation in input voltages. Additionally, the power supply system provides switching to conserve power and allow battery recharging during periods between communications experiments.
Document ID
19640000967
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Contribution to a larger work
Authors
D. C. Bomberger (Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
D. Feldman (Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
D. E. Trucksess (Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
S. J. Brolin (Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
P. W. Ussery (Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
Date Acquired
August 2, 2013
Publication Date
February 11, 1963
Publication Information
Publication: The Bell System Technical Journal
Publisher: Nokia Bell Labs
Volume: 42
Issue: 4
Issue Publication Date: July 1, 1963
ISSN: 0005-8580
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6779724
DOI: 10.1002/j.1538-7305.1963.tb04024.x
Subject Category
Chemistry
Accession Number
64N10876
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
POWER SUPPLY
TELSTAR SATELLITE

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