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Spinoff story
Electrical Monitoring Devices Save on Time and Cost
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
In order to protect the Solar Dynamics Observatory_s instruments from blowing their fuses and being rendered unusable, Goddard Space Flight Center worked with Micropac Industries Inc., based in Garland, Texas, to develop solid-state power controllers, which can depower and then resupply power to an instrument in the event of an electric surge. The company is now selling the technology for use in industrial plants.