Explorer S-66
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Explorer S-66, was a NASA satellite launched on 19 March 1964 by means of a Thor-Delta B launch vehicle, but it could not reach orbit due to a vehicle launcher failure.
Explorer S-66 satellite
Solar panels on spacecraft
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Photovoltaic solar panels are the power source for almost all spacecraft ever launched. Modern spacecraft typically use multi-junction solar cell and gallium arsenide-based panels. The first solar-pow
A solar panel array of the International Space Station (Expedition 17 crew, August 2008)
The solar panels on the SMM satellite provided electrical power. Here it is being captured by an astronaut using the Manned Maneuvering Unit.
Diagram of the spacecraft bus on the James Webb Space Telescope, which is powered by solar panels (coloured green in this 3/4 view). Note that shorter light purple extensions are radiator shades not solar panels.
Juno is the second spacecraft to orbit Jupiter and the first solar-powered craft to do so.