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Topic: Hubble Space Telescope solar panels
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hidaleeho
Member Posts: 70
From: Denver, Colorado, USA
Registered: Dec 2011
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posted 06-29-2021 10:47 AM
   
There have been two sets of solar panels removed from Hubble. One panel would not roll up and was released in space to burn up upon reentry. That would leave three panels which I believe were shipped back to ESA for analysis. Does anyone know where these panels currently reside? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 46635
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-29-2021 03:35 PM
I do not believe the three panels remain intact today. This is not a complete list: - A sizeable panel from the first generation array is (or was) on display at the Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Complex in Greenbelt, Maryland.
- A 9 by 9 cell panel was from the first generation array was presented to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope in 2015.
 - Individual and sets of two or three cells from the first generation array were encased in acrylic and presented to team members and VIPs by ESA.
- A large panel from the second generation arrays is on display at ESA's technical centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
 - A smaller segment from the second generation arrays is on display at ESOC mission control in Germany.
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hidaleeho
Member Posts: 70
From: Denver, Colorado, USA
Registered: Dec 2011
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posted 07-17-2021 04:24 PM
Thanks Robert. | |
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