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Abstract. The effects of solar spectral irradiance on the performance of laser spot tracker are analyzed. When the entrance pupil diameter of the receiver increases, the field of view decreases, but the detection range increases. If the angle between the receiver and transmitter and target increases from 0 deg to 60 deg, the detection range decreases by approximately 23%. Due to solar noise’s effects caused by solar spectral irradiance, the detection range decreases by approximately 33% during the day, more than during the night, and the laser spot tracker’s altitude decreases by approximately 13% at 2000 m, more than at 0 m. When the solar intensity’s variation increases from 1% to 5%, the detection range decreases by 54%.