Identification and Prioritization of Satellite Electrical Power Subsystem Technologies for National Development Based on Multiple Criteria Decision Making

The prioritization and verification of space emerging technologies is a multi-step, iterative process that needs to collective intelligence (the participation of all stakeholders), as well as the use of analytical methods to identify requirements. This process begins with identifying specialists who have enough knowledge and experience regarding to each technology, and followed by extracting and evaluating the necessary data, prioritizing technology options, identifying challenging technologies and the essential acquisition strategy, and finally prioritizing them. In this article, we implemented a method to identify and prioritize some space technologies which could be used in the electrical power subsystem (EPS) of a satellite. Based on the results, it would be possible to choose the best method to access the required technology; national development or benefiting of available technology in the market. To evaluate the suggested method, the power subsystem components are divided into three categories: electrical power generation sources, energy storage sources, and power electronic circuits. Applying the proposed method shows that the selected technologies are those is recently used in space. This method can also be applied to other subsystems.