The required array power in Equation (2) can be expressed in terms of orbit average power, P , and day/night load ratio, o, by introducing the following definition of (see Fig. 4): Using the values of the various parameters of Equation (6) as listed in Table 2, the effects of increasing the day/night ratio on the ratio of the required array power to orbit average power are shown in Fig. 5 for LEO and GEO applications. This shows that the solar array size reduces as the day/night load ratio is increased. Note that the reduction in Pq./P^ ratio is greater for the LEO spacecraft, which indicates that the LEO benefits more from tne DANMOE scheme than the GEO.
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