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18 July 2012

ECSS-E-ST-20-08C Rev.1 – Photovoltaic assemblies and components (18 July 2012)

This Standard has been superseded by ECSS-E-ST-20-08C Rev.2 (20 April 2023)

Scope

This Standard specifies the general requirements for the qualification, procurement, storage and delivery of photovoltaic assemblies, solar cell assemblies, bare solar cells, coverglasses and protection diodes suitable for space applications. This standard does not cover the particular qualification requirements for a specific mission. This Standard primarily applies to qualification approval for photovoltaic assemblies, solar cell assemblies, bare solar cells, coverglasses and protection diodes, and to the procurement of these items. This standard is limited to crystalline Silicon and single and multi-junction GaAs solar cells with a thickness of more than 50 and does not include thin film solar cell technologies and poly-crystalline solar cells. This Standard does not cover the concentration technology, and especially the requirements related to the optical components of a concentrator (e.g. reflector and lens) and their verification (e.g. collimated light source). This Standard does not apply to qualification of the solar array subsystem, solar panels, structure and solar array mechanisms. This standard may be tailored for the specific characteristic and constrains of a space project in conformance with ECSS-S-ST-00.

 

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Md5 checksum .doc file = 40FBD736BABFDF9F6344B5781049AD02
Md5 checksum .pdf file = 93D24381ED948CB6230A78497BA523C1

 

DRDs from this ECSS Standard as MS Word files

This Standard cancels and replaces ECSS-E-ST-20-08C (31 July 2008).