DEVICE FOR SUPPRESSING SUSTAINED DISCHARGE ON SOLAR BATTERY ARRAY

摘要

A sustained-arc control system is constituted with a capacitance which is placed between a gap on a solar battery array, working to control or inhibit the sustained arc. A solar battery array (3) has a plurality of solar cells (1) to provide a power source onboard an artificial satellite (4). A plurality of series circuits (2) each of which composed of the solar cells (1) connected in series is connected in parallel. The sustained-arc control system on the solar battery array is constituted with a capacitance lying between a positive line and a negative line to be charged with a voltage oscillation arising from the sustained arc. Electrostatic capacity of the capacitance is in a range of from at least 33nF to 10µF.