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A frame containing solar cells that is attached to a spacecraft to turn the energy of sunlight into electrical power. Solar panels are usually mounted as opposite pairs, as on the Skylab space station and the Hubble Space Telescope. Probes such as Mariner 9 and Viking have four solar panels (two opposite pairs).
Subjects: Astronomy and Astrophysics.
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