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Cagedfalcon
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posted 06-21-2021 09:00 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Cagedfalcon   Click Here to Email Cagedfalcon     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thought I'd share these photos as I understand they are not seen very often.

Blackarrow
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posted 06-21-2021 10:01 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Blackarrow     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thank you for this - I have seen many, but not all, of the close-up pictures showing some of the damage to Skylab (taken by the Conrad crew).

Shortly after the launch of Skylab, when controllers expected to see full power flowing from the two extended solar "wings", they were puzzled to see only a tiny trickle of power. One solar wing was gone entirely, and pictures 5 and 7 here explain the trickle of power, from sunlight hitting small sections of the solar cells peeping out from within the remaining solar wing (which was prevented from extending by the damage).

Do you have any colour pictures of the missing solar wing's attachment point, showing the damage left by its forced detachment? I have only seen some in B&W.

Cagedfalcon
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posted 06-21-2021 03:43 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Cagedfalcon   Click Here to Email Cagedfalcon     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
These are the only ones I have of these.

RobertB
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posted 06-22-2021 07:08 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for RobertB   Click Here to Email RobertB     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
These are very nice pictures, but I must admit that I saw the post title and thought it might be newly declassified spy satellite pics

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