Early results from the PASP Plus flight experiment

Early results from the PASP Plus experiment, launched on Aug. 3, 1994, are given. The experiment consists of sixteen individual solar cell modules on twelve different panels. A wide variety of solar cell types are included. Two of the modules are concentrators. The orbit is 363/spl times/2552 km inclined at 70 degrees. There are two main purposes of PASP Plus: (1) to determine the interactions between the space plasma and solar arrays biased to plus or minus 500 volts; and (2) to determine the long term radiation performance of a wide variety of new solar cell types.