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The initial spacecraft of the Earth Resources Technology Satellite Program, ERTS-1, was launched on July 23, 1972, and has provided broad earth resource data for use by numerous governmental and scientific agencies. This paper reports on the basic design and flight performance to date of the ERTS-1 power system. The design is based on earlier Nimbus spacecraft power system configurations with modifications...