The power team consists of members from Norway, the United States and Nigeria. The team is responsible for the power generation and distribution onboard the satellite.  This includes the design and construction of the solar panel array, batteries and power distribution electronics.

And added degree of complexity is required since the satellite will be required to operate under conditions where there is no immediate source of sunlight available for power generation, such as when the satellite is in the shade of the earth. This will require that special consideration be taken when designing this subsystem, so that it is capable of running an efficient power management scheme capable of powering down non-essential systems to conserve power. In addition there will be a requirement for significant redundancy when the power subsystem is designed, to minimize the risk of failure for all satellite sub-systems due to power failures.

The team receives inputs from other teams regarding required voltages and current drain, and give feedback on the technical feasibility of these parameters. In addition the team assumes the main responsibility for development and realization of the CubeSat power budget.

 News from the Power team:

We are glad to welcome you to our new webpage. You will see that this page will update rapidly with the latest news from the SEDSAT II team. We would also like to remind everyone about our wiki-page at http://wiki.seds.org/index.php/SEDSAT-2.

SEDSAT II is an educational satellite project organized through SEDS Earth, involving student members from over 16 different nations and 5 different continents.