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Developing technology to deploy stabilized solar arrays and enable spacecraft docking

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has developed technology to stiffen deployable structures on spacecraft, enabling autonomous spacecraft docking operations. SwRI is currently integrating the ...
Tech Times

Space-Based Solar Power 2026: Advancements Driving Continuous Clean Energy from Orbit

Space-based solar power advances with microwave and laser transmission, orbital assembly, and cost reductions, aiming for ...
EurekAlert!

SwRI develops technology to deploy stabilized solar arrays, enabling spacecraft docking

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has developed technology that enables spacecraft to utilize precision pointing algorithms for attitude control. SwRI is currently integrating the Parallelogram ...
SpaceNews

Dcubed to demonstrate in-space manufacturing of solar arrays

The ARAQYS-D3 mission by Dcubed will demonstrate the ability to manufacture a solar array 15 meters long in orbit. Credit: Dcubed BREMEN, Germany — German satellite component company Dcubed is moving ...
Space Coast Daily

NASA Astronauts to Conduct ISS Spacewalks in January to Install Roll-Out Solar Array

BREVARD COUNTY • FLORIDA – NASA astronauts will conduct a pair of spacewalks in January outside of the International Space Station to prepare for the installation of a roll-out solar array and ...
Aviation Week

Solestial To Demonstrate Fast Manufacturing Of Space Solar Arrays

Solestial plans to demonstrate a two-week production sprint to manufacture 1 kW of spacecraft solar cells and modules, followed by a two-week solar array assembly and integration run. The project is ...
pv magazine International

Redwire deploys 60 kW roll-out solar array for first lunar orbit space station

Jacksonville, Florida-based Redwire Corporation announced it completed the first deployment test of its roll-out solar arrays (ROSA) for the lunar Gateway space station. Redwire said the 60 kW ROSAs ...
New Atlas

Solar arrays will be manufactured in space by 2027

The system is based on a highly compact and flexible ultrathin soft solar blanket that acts as the collection panel and can unroll once the satellite reaches orbit. As it does so, a 3D printer system ...
pv magazine International

Solestial designing space solar array with shorter lead time

Solestial, a manufacturer of lightweight, radiation-hardened silicon PV products for space, has received $1.2 million to fund the development of a novel solar array wing concept for small satellites ...
Business Wire

Redwire Awarded Contract to Provide Roll-Out Solar Arrays for Axiom Space’s First Space Station Module

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a global leader in space and defense technology solutions, today announced it has been awarded a contract from Axiom Space, a ...
SpaceNews

Redwire to provide solar arrays for Axiom space station module

WASHINGTON — Axiom Space has awarded a contract to Redwire to provide solar arrays for the first module of Axiom’s planned commercial space station. The companies announced Sept. 25 that Redwire will ...