The Advanced Photovoltaic Experiment is a space flight test designed to provide reference cell standards for photovoltaic measurements and to investigate the solar spectrum and the effect of the space environment on solar cells. After a flight of 69 months in low Earth orbit as part of the Long Duration Exposure Facility set of experiments, it was retrieved in January 1990. The electronic data acquisition system functioned as designed, measuring and recording cell performance data over the first 358 days of flight, limited by battery lifetime. Significant physical changes are also readily apparent, including erosion of front surface paint, micrometeoroid and debris cratering, and contamination.


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    Title :

    Preliminary results from the Advanced Photovoltaic Experiment flight test


    Additional title:

    Vorläufige Ergebnisse des 'Advanced Photovoltaic Experiment' Flugtests


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1990


    Size :

    6 Seiten


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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