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   ocr: Sunlight Particle Surface PARTICULATE CONTAMINATION either obscures the satellite's surtace (decreasing the amount of light that eaches a solar array) or: scatters incoming light. For optical surfaces, light-scattering from particies is the often the most difficult problem in spacecraft contamination controi.