Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators
GPTKB entity
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:railway_station
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:NASA's_Galileo_spacecraft
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| gptkbp:accessories |
consistent power
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| gptkbp:are |
self-contained
reliable used in remote locations used in scientific instruments safe for long-term use designed to withstand radiation not affected by solar energy fluctuations used in deep space probes used in satellites used in the Artemis program used in the Asteroid missions used in the Bepi Colombo mission used in the Cassini spacecraft used in the Curiosity rover used in the DART mission used in the Dragonfly mission used in the Europa Clipper mission used in the Hayabusa missions used in the Hubble Space Telescope used in the International Space Station used in the James Webb Space Telescope used in the Juno spacecraft used in the Lunar Gateway used in the Lunar Gateway Power System used in the Lunar Polar Exploration mission used in the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter used in the Lunar Sample Return mission used in the Lunar South Pole mission used in the Lunar Volatiles mission used in the MESSENGER spacecraft used in the Mars Ice Mapper mission used in the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter used in the Mars Sample Return mission used in the Mars Science Laboratory used in the New Horizons mission used in the OSIRIS-R Ex mission used in the Parker Solar Probe used in the Perseverance rover used in the Solar Orbiter used in the Titan mission used in the Voyager spacecraft |
| gptkbp:can_be |
operate in extreme environments
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| gptkbp:developed_by |
gptkb:NASA
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| gptkbp:employs |
gptkb:Mars_rovers
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| gptkbp:first_introduced |
gptkb:Viking_program
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| gptkbp:have |
no moving parts
low maintenance requirements |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators
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| gptkbp:is_often_used_in |
Plutonium-238
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| gptkbp:produced_by |
electricity continuously
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| gptkbp:provides |
long-term power
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| gptkbp:translated_into |
heat to electricity
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| gptkbp:used_in |
gptkb:spacecraft
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| gptkbp:utilizes |
radioactive decay
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