What is the damage threshold of the solar panels on a satalite do to a proton shower?
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Solar panels are very simple devices, and protons behave similarly to neutrons, basically doing physical damage to the crystal lattice. This would result in increased leakage current in the junctions of the solar panel. They should be comparable to CMOS devices and tolerate 10E15 protons/cm^2.
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