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Spacecraft electrical power subsystem: Failure behavior, reliability, and multi-state failure analyses

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  • Kim, So Young
  • Castet, Jean-Francois
  • Saleh, Joseph H.

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This article investigates the degradation and failure behavior of spacecraft electrical power subsystem (EPS) on orbit. First, this work provides updated statistical reliability and multi-state failure analyses of spacecraft EPS and its different constituents, namely the batteries, the power distribution, and the solar arrays. The EPS is shown to suffer from infant mortality and to be a major driver of spacecraft unreliability. Over 25% of all spacecraft failures are the result of EPS failures. As a result, satellite manufacturers may wish to pursue targeted improvement to this subsystem, either through better testing or burn-in procedures, better design or parts selection, or additional redundancy.

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  • Kim, So Young & Castet, Jean-Francois & Saleh, Joseph H., 2012. "Spacecraft electrical power subsystem: Failure behavior, reliability, and multi-state failure analyses," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 98(1), pages 55-65.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:reensy:v:98:y:2012:i:1:p:55-65
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2011.10.005
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    1. Castet, Jean-Francois & Saleh, Joseph H., 2010. "Beyond reliability, multi-state failure analysis of satellite subsystems: A statistical approach," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 95(4), pages 311-322.
    2. Castet, Jean-Francois & Saleh, Joseph H., 2009. "Satellite and satellite subsystems reliability: Statistical data analysis and modeling," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 94(11), pages 1718-1728.
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