摘要:
A device for pressurising a unified two-liquid propulsion subsystem for geostationary satellites, including a high-pressure helium storage assembly (10) comprising at least one helium storage tank, a control assembly (11) and an assembly for pressurising propellant tanks (17, 18) interconnected through a pressurising circuit. The control assembly is an electronic control assembly including at least one solenoid valve (51) arranged at one point in the pressurising circuit and controlled by a processing and control circuit (54) receiving data from pressure sensors (43, 47, 48) for the various tanks. Said processing and control circuit enables the propellant tanks (17, 18) to be pressurised at a constant pressure during the satellite transition and position-fixing process, while enabling the amount of residual propellants to be measured during the orbital operating time of the satellite.
摘要:
A spacecraft power bus regulation method and apparatus for a spacecraft. The spacecraft has solar arrays (10) and a battery (30) coupled to the spacecraft power bus (32) to drive electrical loads (34). A bus voltage limiter (38) controls the flow of current from the solar arrays while a bidirectional battery controller (36) controls power flow into and out of the battery. A processor (46) monitors current flow and battery condition using sensors (40, 42, 44, 48) and controls the bus voltage limiter accordingly. Auxiliary control is provided by the solar array drive (24) which controls the orientation of the solar arrays with respect to the sun.