TY - GEN
T1 - Development of thin film solar array for small solar power demonstrator "IKAROS"
AU - Tanaka, Koji
AU - Soma, E.
AU - Yokota, R.
AU - Shimazaki, K.
AU - Tsuda, Y.
AU - Kawaguchi, J.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) that was a demonstrator of the critical technologies of the solar power sail was launched on May 2010 from Tanegashima Space Center using H-IIA rocket. The solar power sail utilizes two kinds of forces; one by solar photon from sun and another from high performance ion engine. Minimum mission success was the deployment of the membrane and the generation of the electricity by means of the thin film solar array on the membrane within several weeks. Also, acceleration and navigation using the solar sail will be demonstrated within half year. This paper describes the structure, the space environmental evaluation of the thin film solar array and the initial results of the solar array installed on the IKAROS in the orbit.
AB - IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) that was a demonstrator of the critical technologies of the solar power sail was launched on May 2010 from Tanegashima Space Center using H-IIA rocket. The solar power sail utilizes two kinds of forces; one by solar photon from sun and another from high performance ion engine. Minimum mission success was the deployment of the membrane and the generation of the electricity by means of the thin film solar array on the membrane within several weeks. Also, acceleration and navigation using the solar sail will be demonstrated within half year. This paper describes the structure, the space environmental evaluation of the thin film solar array and the initial results of the solar array installed on the IKAROS in the orbit.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79959427524
SN - 9781617823688
T3 - 61st International Astronautical Congress 2010, IAC 2010
SP - 9685
EP - 9689
BT - 61st International Astronautical Congress 2010, IAC 2010
T2 - 61st International Astronautical Congress 2010, IAC 2010
Y2 - 27 September 2010 through 1 October 2010
ER -