Qualification and Quality Requirements for Space Solar Panels

This standard establishes the quality requirements and provides methods for establishing the qualification of solar panels. Section 7 describes specific tests necessary to ensure the quality and reliability of solar panels intended for space application. Section 8 describes specific solar panel characterization tests necessary to characterize the performance of solar panels intended for space application. Section 9 describes the quality requirements for panels to be qualified to this standard. Section 11 describes the reporting format for the qualification tests in Section 7 and the data sheet characterizations in Section 8.