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Results of the 1990 NASA/JPL balloon flight solar cell calibration programThe 1990 solar cell calibration balloon flight consisted of two flights, one on July 20, 1990 and the other on September 6, 1990. A malfunction occurred during the first flight, which resulted in a complete loss of data and a free fall of the payload from 120,000 ft. After the tracker was rebuilt, and several solar cell modules were replaced, the payload was reflown. The September flight was successful and met all the objectives of the program. Forty-six modules were carried to an altitude of 118,000 ft (36.0 km). Data telemetered from the modules was corrected to 28 C and to 1 a.u. The calibrated cells have been returned to the participants and can now be used as reference standards in simulator testing of cells and arrays.
Document ID
19910006317
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Anspaugh, Bruce E.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Weiss, Robert S.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
November 15, 1990
Subject Category
Energy Production And Conversion
Report/Patent Number
JPL-PUBL-90-52
NAS 1.26:187813
NASA-CR-187813
Accession Number
91N15630
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS7-918
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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