A CubeSat deployable solar panel system

Thomas McGuire; Michael Hirsch; Michael Parsons; Skye Leake; Jeremy Straub

doi:10.1117/12.2223566

17 May 2016 A CubeSat deployable solar panel system

Thomas McGuire, Michael Hirsch, Michael Parsons, Skye Leake, Jeremy Straub

Proceedings Volume 9865, Energy Harvesting and Storage: Materials, Devices, and Applications VII; 98650C (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223566
Event: SPIE Commercial + Scientific Sensing and Imaging, 2016, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

The power usage of CubeSat's onboard systems has increased with the complexity of the systems included. This paper presents a deployment system design which creates a plane of solar panels to collect energy. This allows more panels to be in direct normal sunlight at any given point (in conjunction with the onboard attitude determination and control system), facilitating increased power generation. The deployable system is comprised of a printed circuit board (holding the solar cells) which is attached to an aluminum hinge. The efficacy of this approach for power generation and its simplicity, as compared to other prospective approaches, are assessed herein.

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Thomas McGuire, Michael Hirsch, Michael Parsons, Skye Leake, and Jeremy Straub "A CubeSat deployable solar panel system", Proc. SPIE 9865, Energy Harvesting and Storage: Materials, Devices, and Applications VII, 98650C (17 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223566

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