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Causes of Power-Related Satellite Failures
Abstract
Satellite on-orbit failures are rare, but costly. Failures cumulatively account for losses that total many billions of dollars. In order to understand the causes of power- system related failures, publicly-available data sources were analyzed to determine the origin of power-system related failures of spacecraft. Data from reported failures and anomalies of commercial and scientific satellites from the period 1990-2006 were analyzed. Military, GPS, and reconnaissance satellites were not included in the data set. The major failures were divided into nine primary categories: Impact or collision induced failures, battery failures, solar array mechanical failures, attitude control failures, failures due to plasma-discharge events, cell failures, other array failures, darkening of glass or solar reflectors, and cell interconnect failure. These failures account for a reported cumulative loss of 4.4 billion dollars. These data were analyzed to show the cause of each type of failure as a percentage of the total number of failures, and the net cost of each type of failure
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- Authors
- Landis, G., Bailey, S., & Tischler, R.
- Affiliations
- Glenn Research Center (US)
- ORCID
- Landis, Geoffrey
- Venue
- 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conference
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Published
- 2006
- Pages
- 1943-1945
- OpenAlex
- W2155827295
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 1
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- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Spacecraft Design and Technology
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Space Satellite Systems and Control
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Battery Modeling and Management
- Keywords
- satellite failure, space power systems, failure causes, battery failure, failure costs, commercial satellites, scientific satellites
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