This standard establishes qualification and quality requirements for solar cells. Section 7 describes specific tests necessary to ensure the quality and reliability of solar cells intended for space application. Section 8 describes specific tests necessary to characterize the performance of solar cells intended for space application. Section 9 describes the quality requirements for cells to be qualified to this standard. Section 11 describes the reporting format for the qualification tests in Section 7 and the characterizations tests in Section 8.