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NASA NTRS ยท 19830000566

Concentrator-Enhanced Solar Array

Abstract

Deployable solar array for satellites uses slanted low-mass planar mirrors as walls of trough to triple light falling on GaAs solar cells forming bottom of trough. Power-to-mass ratio of new design 42 percent higher than planar array of same power output.

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Morse, B. J.. 1984-11-01. Concentrator-Enhanced Solar Array. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19830000566

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