Solar Cell Power for Field Instrumentation at White Sands Missile Range.

Abstract

The initial phase of an Instrumentation Development Project to explore and document what solar power can do for remote field instrumentation systems is described. The work scope consisted of selection, design, construction, test, and delivery of a solar cell power system for White Sands Missile Range. A Drone Formation Control System Interrogator was selected; a power supply was built and installed in the San Andres Mountain Range at WSMR in late August 1977. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA053960

Entities

People

  • Darwin H. Reckart Jr.
  • John W. Bond Jr.
  • William B. Milway

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Junction Boxes
  • Measurement
  • Mobile Phones
  • Power Supplies
  • Solar Cells
  • Solar Energy
  • Solar Panels
  • Storage Batteries
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy