FIELD: airpower.
SUBSTANCE: method of controlling present status of solar battery panel (SB) of the spacecraft (SC) includes the orientation of the SB working surface to the Sun, the measurement of the current values from the SB, the monitoring of the present state of SB based on the comparison of the present measured current values and current values measured in the previous flight stages. Control of SB panel status is performed by comparing the obtained current values from SB, each of which is multiplied by the ratio of squares of the current value of the distance from the Earth to the Sun and the average distance from the Earth to the Sun determined at the time of corresponding current measurement.
EFFECT: increase the accuracy of assessing the current efficiency of solar battery, providing the same conditions for measuring the current from the solar battery against the background of space flight of spacecraft in an orientation in which the total external disturbance moment for the turn reaches a minimum value.
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