Energy-storage system has 20 year lifetime. Electrical power source consisting of flywheel and electronic control system stores solar energy. Flywheel developed for space vehicles features good weight-to-energy storage ratios and used as control gyroscope for maneuvering.
Solar-Powered Flywheel
NASA Tech Briefs ; 8 , 3
1985-01-01
Miscellaneous
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English
NTIS | 1991
|NTIS | 1986
|Engineering Index Backfile | 1951
Flywheel-powered X-ray generator
NTRS | 1984
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