Powersphere Power System demonstration station

The PowerSphere Power System, and in particular, its power management and distribution (PMAD) architecture was conceived to be a solution to provide adequate power for micro-satellite and nano-satellite spacecrafts. The PowerSphere Power System, which was introduced at the 1999 IECEC in the Aerospac...

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Space vehicles
Transistors
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