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Article: Elgar develops next generation of Solar Array Simulators; Lockheed-Martin, Loral, Rockwell and TRW implement Elgar's accurate simulation of spacecraft input power.
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- May 15, 1995
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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 1995--Elgar Corp.'s Space Power Systems Group, known for its technological advances in simulating spacecraft solar arrays, recently announced the development of its third generation of solar array simulators.
Elgar's new Fast Profiling Current Source (FPCS) solar array simulator, which models actual array output, has been selected for the Iridium, EOS, Echo Star, InfoStat VIII, AsiaSat, P-91 and A2100 space programs.
Why Solar Array Simulation?
Meeting the reliability requirements for present and future spacecraft dictates ground testing of the flight hardware. Proper ground testing requires that the spacecraft ...