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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2005
David M. Murphy, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Michael I. Eskenazi, Goleta, CA (US);
Brian R. Spence, Solvang, CA (US);
David M. Murphy, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Michael I. Eskenazi, Goleta, CA (US);
Brian R. Spence, Solvang, CA (US);
AEC-Able Engineering Co., Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
A solar panel for a spacecraft has a base with a face, and at least one row of solar cells and at least one elongated reflector are mounted on the face of the base. The reflectors and the rows are mounted generally parallel to each other in an alternating fashion. The reflector has first and second reflecting sides when the reflector is in a deployed position. The reflector is mounted so that the first side of the reflector is adjacent to a row of solar cells and reflects radiation incident on the first side onto the adjacent row of solar cells when the reflector is in a deployed position. Preferably, a plurality of rows and a plurality of reflectors are mounted on the face of the base, with at least one of the reflectors being disposed between two adjacent rows of solar cells.