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energy balance

Standard

ECSS-E-ST-20C Rev.1

Definition

situation in which the spacecraft energy budget is positive when elaborated over a considered period of time

Notes

NOTE 1 Energy budget is generation minus consumption and losses.
NOTE 2 The considered period of time can be one orbit, several orbits or any relevant mission period.

Relations

ECSS-E-ST-35C Rev. 1 — spacecraft
ECSS-S-ST-00-01C — spacecraft

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