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An overview of the two ESA solar arrays just before they were rolled up during Servicing Mission 3B
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An overview of the two ESA solar arrays just before they were rolled up during Servicing Mission 3B
Date: 02 March 2002 Depicts: The Hubble Space Telescope Copyright: NASA Show in archive: true
New rigid arrays were installed. The 'living', flexible structures of the European built arrays are easily seen. These solar panels have by far exceeded the expectations, both in terms of lifetime (65% longer life than
specified) and in terms of performance (10% more output power
than the expected).