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===SCARLET concentrating solar array=== Primary power for the mission was produced by a new solar array technology, the Solar Concentrator Array with Refractive Linear Element Technology (SCARLET), which uses linear [[Fresnel lens]]es made of [[silicone]] to concentrate sunlight onto solar cells.<ref>{{cite conference |url=http://nmp-techval-reports.jpl.nasa.gov/DS1/Scarlet_Integrated_Report.pdf |title=The Scarlet Solar Array: Technology Validation and Flight Results |conference=Deep Space 1 Technology Validation Symposium. 8β9 February 2000. Pasadena, California |first=David M. |last=Murphy |date=2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015071801/http://nmp-techval-reports.jpl.nasa.gov/DS1/Scarlet_Integrated_Report.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> ABLE Engineering developed the concentrator technology and built the solar array for DS1, with Entech Inc, who supplied the Fresnel optics, and the NASA [[Glenn Research Center]]. The activity was sponsored by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, developed originally for the SSI - Conestoga 1620 payload, METEOR. The concentrating lens technology was combined with dual-junction solar cells, which had considerably better performance than the [[GaAs]] solar cells that were the state of the art at the time of the mission launch. The SCARLET arrays generated 2.5 kilowatts at 1 AU, with less size and weight than conventional arrays.
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