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Is the power penalty really such a big issue anymore? The Enpulsion Nano for example uses 10-15 Watt only on hot standby.
by jsemrau 3y ago
Is the power penalty really such a big issue anymore? The Enpulsion Nano for example uses 10-15 Watt only on hot standby.
- frederikvs 3y agoFrom the article, Proba-3 has 10 thrusters, so that would bring the total to 150 Watt. I don't know the power budget for the satellite, but we can make an educated guess : the occulter is 1.4 meter diameter, or a surface area of 1.54 square meter. That's an upper bound for the surface area of the solar panels - there's nothing sticking out beyond the disk, that would interfere with observations. Solar power at earth is about 1.3kW/sqm, solar panels are maybe 20% to 30% efficient. That puts you in the ballpark of 400 to 600W. 150W on standby would be a pretty big bite out of your power budget.