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Explain why some satellites employ cylindrical solar arrays, whereas others employ solar-sail arrays to power generations.
written 6.7 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 70k •   modified 6.7 years ago

Subject : Satellite Communication and Networks

Topic : Overview of Satellite Systems, Orbits and Launching

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written 6.7 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 70k

A Solar Sail converts sunlight as a propulsion by means of a large membrane while a Solar "Power" Sail gets electricity from thin film solar cells on the membrane in addition to acceleration by solar radiation. What's more, if the ion-propulsion engines with high specific impulse are driven by such …

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