Title :
The UoSAT-5 solar cell experiment-over 4 years in orbit
Author :
Goodbody, Chris ; Kimber, Richard
Author_Institution :
Defense Res. Agency, Farnborough, UK
Abstract :
This paper updates the results from the Defence Research Agency (DRA) solar cell experiment which has been flying on the University of Surrey UoSAT-5 satellite for four and a half years in a 770 km Polar orbit. The paper discusses the differences in degradation found for the different cell and coverglass technologies flying and the anomalous behaviour that was observed on the experiments
Keywords :
electric current measurement; photovoltaic power systems; solar cells; space vehicle power plants; temperature measurement; voltage measurement; Defence Research Agency; J-V characteristics measurement; Polar orbit; UoSAT-5 solar cell experiment; anomalous behaviour; coverglass technologies; solar cell degradation; temperature measurement; Degradation; Earth; Extraterrestrial measurements; Gallium arsenide; Indium phosphide; Photovoltaic cells; Satellites; Silicon; Space technology; Sun;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1996., Conference Record of the Twenty Fifth IEEE
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3166-4
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.1996.563990
