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International ultraviolet explorer (IUE) spacecraft battery performance update

✍ Scribed by SmithE. Tiller

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1987
Tongue: English
Weight: 425 KB
Volume: 21
Category: Article
ISSN: 0378-7753
DOI: 10.1016/0378-7753(87)80061-7

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✦ Synopsis

January 26, 1987 marks the ninth inflight anniversary of the IUE spacecraft, launched into an eccentric, synchronous orbit on January 26, 1978The orbital path has subjected the spacecraft to 18 solar eclipse seasons since launch. Nine years of inflight operations culminate in a major milestone for battery support to a spacecraft, which is well in excess of the initial 3-year design life.