The primary objective of the power system is to supply energy to other subsystems as per their requirements. For this purpose, a mechanism has to be formulated to harness the naturally available solar energy and energy in Earth’s albedo ,convert it into electrical energy and pass it on to the other systems with minimum loses incurred.

Major Functions:

The major functions of the power system can be classified as below.

1)      Power production

2)      Proper power distribution

3)      Controlling the supply to different subsystems

For power production, we opted for solar panels to be the source as the other sources are too complex or too risky like the tether systems. The power produced is stored in batteries to be used in the dark periods. Power has to be supplied to the subsystems as per their voltage and current ratings which may differ from subsystem to subsystem. So, power distribution calls on for proper buses to deliver power at different voltage levels to different systems and there must be possibility to switch off the power supply if the subsystems fail or are using power exceeding their rating.

Current Subsystem Status: Theoretical design finished - prototype in the making

Team members:

1. Phani Kiran -  India - subsystem lead

2.Pavan Kumar - India (currently in USA)

3. Shreya Kumar -  India

4. Himanshu Mishra - India

5. Ajay Kumar - India (currently in USA)

 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.