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The results of ground-based tests of coatings under separate irradiation by electrons and protons with energies of several tens of kiloelectronvolts and under simultaneous irradiation by electromagnetic radiation with spectrum close to the solar one and by electrons, which imitate field conditions, are presented. Changes in the total solar radiation absorption coefficient have been predicted for a 30-year period of operation of the reflecting heat-regulating coating prepared from F4MB-grade fluoroplastic with deposited aluminum and placed in a geostationary orbit. The prediction is made under a special program which allows an optimal solution to be chosen from a set.
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Mikhailov, M.M., Chundun, L., Shichuj, H. et al. Optical Degradation of a Fluoroplastic Coating Placed in a Geostationary Orbit. Russian Physics Journal 44, 507–514 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012337829501
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