why are the lower solar panels at a slightly different angle to the upper panels? Wouldn't this lower the amount of sunlight they collect by a little bit?
Quote from: floron on 12/04/2008 12:12 amwhy are the lower solar panels at a slightly different angle to the upper panels? Wouldn't this lower the amount of sunlight they collect by a little bit?Notice that the solar panel is dark and the radiator is sunlit. This is not an operational orientation. It may have been transitioning or parked during rendezvous or maintenance.
perhaps it's a way of deliberately limiting how much power the array generates? if there's a surplus of power being generated? hmm.
Quote from: floron on 12/04/2008 12:12 amwhy are the lower solar panels at a slightly different angle to the upper panels? Wouldn't this lower the amount of sunlight they collect by a little bit?http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=3207.msg202801#msg202801
However no problem, NASA have just published a hi-res model of the ISS (29th October 2008).
That is an outdated model, Node 3 is in the wrong position and there still is a Research module rather than the MRM-1
Indeed, Node3 hasn't been launched, I don't see Node3 on the ISS model several posts up either.Correct me if I am wrong, but was the External Stowage Platform that used to be attached to the port side of the truss relocated to the centre of the truss? Perhaps attached to the device that can translate down the length of the truss which the robotic arm attaches to? (I don't know its name? )
I've reached an impasse with this model. I am unable to properly update it because I do not have a copy of Solidworks to import / export the eDrawing.