Earth orbiting satellite having electrical energy storage batteries
AssigneeMatra Marconi Space France
InventorPierre-Philippe Faisant
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Abstract
A three axis stabilized geostationary satellite comprises a structure having walls that face North and South when the satellite is on station and carrying at a storage battery of large capacity. The storage battery is constituted by cells mounted on a chassis having a base plate oriented North-South and mechanically secured to sides that face North and South when the satellite is on station. The sides carry thermal radiators that are thermally connected to each other and to the cells. Typically sides are in alignment with North and South faces of the structure and extend away from the Earth.
Claims11
Earth orbiting three axis stabilized satellite comprising:
- a structure having walls designed to face North and South when the satellite is on station on a geosynchronous orbit, and at least one storage battery unit including:
- a chassis having a base plate oriented North-South when the satellite is on station and having two sides mechanically secured to said base plate to respectively face North and South,
- a plurality of storage cells carried by said chassis, and
- heat conducting means for thermally connecting said sides to each other and to said cells.
Earth orbiting three axis stabilized satellite comprising:
- a structure having walls designed to face North and South when the sattelite is on station on a geosynchronous orbit, and having a structural plate placed in a plane which contains a North-South direction and an East-West direction, and
- at least one storage battery unit constituting a unitary module for handling as a block, said storage battery unit including:
- a chassis having a base plate oriented North-South when the satellite is on station, extending across an entire width of said structure and having two sides mechanically secured to said base plate orthogonally thereto, so as to respectively face North and South,
- means for detachably fixing said sides to said walls and for detachably fixing said base plate to said structural plate,
- a plurality of storage cells carried by said chassis and fixed only to said chassis, and
- heat conducting means for thermally connecting said sides to each other and to said cells.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.