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Flight qualification test results for violet cellsThe violet solar cell has been submitted to a flight qualification program. The tasks included in this program were: to define the violet cell's electrical output from -100 C to +100 C; to determine the violet cell's degradation under 2 MeV, 1 MeV and .3 MeV proton irradiation, under a high humidity environment and under ultraviolet light; to thermal cycle two similar modules of violet cells; to flight qualify a full size violet cell panel for the IMP-J flight; and to obtain a primary balloon-flown standard of the violet cell type. The results of these tests demonstrate that the violet cell is fully qualified for space flight use with no further development work. The tests show that the violet cell offers a power increase of at least twenty-one per cent over presently available commercial cells.
Document ID
19740051641
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Gaddy, E. M.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Md., United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1974
Subject Category
Auxiliary Systems
Meeting Information
Meeting: Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Start Date: November 13, 1973
End Date: November 15, 1973
Sponsors: Institute of Electrical and electronics Engineers
Accession Number
74A34391
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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