We present the lessons learned about the degradation observed in several space solar missions, based on contributions at the Workshop about On-Orbit Degradation of Solar and Space Weather Instruments that took place at the Solar Terrestrial Centre of Excellence (Royal Observatory of Belgium) in Brussels on 3 May 2012. The aim of this workshop was to open discussions related to the degradation observed in Sun-observing instruments exposed to the effects of the space environment. This article summarizes the various lessons learned and offers recommendations to reduce or correct expected degradation with the goal of increasing the useful lifespan of future and ongoing space missions.
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@article{arxiv.1304.5488,
title = {On-Orbit Degradation of Solar Instruments},
author = {A. BenMoussa and S. Gissot and U. Schühle and G. Del Zanna and F. Auchère and S. Mekaoui and A. R. Jones and D. Walton and C. J. Eyles and G. Thuillier and D. Seaton and I. E. Dammasch and G. Cessateur and M. Meftah and V. Andretta and D. Berghmans and D. Bewsher and D. Bolsée and L. Bradley and D. S. Brown and P. C. Chamberlin and S. Dewitte and L. V. Didkovsky and M. Dominique and F. G. Eparvier and T. Foujols and D. Gillotay and B. Giordanengo and J. -P. Halain and R. A. Hock and A. Irbah and C. Jeppesen and D. L. Judge and M. Kretzschmar and D. R. McMullin and B. Nicula and W. Schmutz and G. Ucker and S. Wieman and D. Woodraska and T. N. Woods},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.5488},
year = {2013}
}