California Institute of Technology

Space Systems/loral, LLC

Denis Trofimov

Dan M Goebel

David Younghee Oh

Peter W Lord

Jorge Delgado

Bao Hoang

Christopher Bryan Stell

Lee Charles Rotlisberger

Gregory Alan Carr

A spacecraft includes a power train that includes a solar array, an electric propulsion subsystem, and a power conversion module. The power conversion module receives power from the solar array at a voltage, V; and delivers power to the electric propulsion subsystem at a voltage, V. The spacecraft is configured to operate at a varying distance, D, from the sun within the range of Dto D, Dbeing at least 1.3&#xd7;D. The solar array is configured to deliver power to the power conversion module at a voltage approximately equal to Vwhen the spacecraft is proximate to D.

Power train for deep space solar electric propulsion

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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Denis Trofimov