The Aerospace Corporation

Dennis A Smith

Edward J Simburger

Paul A Gierow

Margaret H Abraham

Frank R Jeffrey

James H Matsumoto

Albert H Zimmerman

David G Gilmore

Alonzo Prater

Michael J Meshishnek

A clear thermal emissive coating, such as clear polyimide, is deposited directly upon a thin film solar cell forming a flexible thin film solar cell. The thin film solar cell can be deposited on another thermal emissive coating used as a substrate during thin film solar cell semiconductor processing so that resulting flexible thin film solar cell can be illuminated on the top side and eject heat from both sides suitable for forming a solar cell array over a curved surface such as a power sphere nanosatellite with thermal regulation.

Flexible thin film solar cell

A zero gravity simulator rotates an electrolytic device, such as nickel hydrogen battery cells, to simulate the effect of zero gravity on the battery cells by providing a cumulative zero gravity vector upon the device under test. The simulator has electrical connections to the device under test for monitoring the electrical performance of the device for determining the expected performance of the device under test when deployed and used in space.

Zero gravity simulator for testing battery cells

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Glendora, CA, United States of America

Dennis A Smith