Sputnik 3 solar power

Posted on April 26, 2016 by P Hodkinson

solarCell_8475This is a ground testing set for the very first Soviet solar cells flown in space. They generated electricity from sunlight to power one of Sputnik 3’s scientific instruments and the radio transmitter.

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