Orbit Power Calculations
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 17:00
in Astronomy & Space
Fellow Tubesat pioneer Wesley Faler of Fluid & Reason has calculated power curves we can expect for our orbiting picosatellites. His summarized estimate is that 6-cell solar panel in a sun-synchronous polar orbit with perfect positioning can expect to produce 0.5 Watts. This sets our ultimate power budget for the satellite, and helps us choose appropriate instrumentation and control schemes.read more