D-SP Deployable Solar Panels
NPC Spacemind
Deployable solar panel wings for 3U-16U CubeSats, vertical and lateral (single/double wing) configurations.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Power
- 8.8 W
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- D-sp3x-v
- 3U/6U vertical deployment, Peak power 8-8.8 W, Voc 18.2-19.3 V
- D-sp3x-l-1w
- 3U/6U lateral, single wing
- D-sp3x-l-2w
- 3U/6U lateral, double wing
- D-sp6x-v
- 6U-class vertical deployment
- D-sp6x-l-1w
- 6U-class lateral, single wing
- D-sp6x-l-2w
- 6U-class lateral, double wing
- D-sp8x-v
- 8U/16U-class vertical deployment
- D-sp8x-l-1w
- 8U/16U-class lateral, single wing
- D-sp8x-l-2w
- 8U/16U-class lateral, double wing
- Solar cells
- High-efficiency triple junction UTJ
- Sensors on-board
- Digital temperature sensor, NTC, 2x coarse sun sensors, inertial module (3D accel + 3D gyro), 3-axis magnetic sensor
- Connectors
- 2 parallel Picoblade power connectors
- Options
- Body-fixed surface cells add-on; customization available
About
The D-SP series extends NPC Spacemind’s solar power line with deployable wing panels for 3U, 6U and 8U-class CubeSats, roughly doubling to quadrupling the power available versus body-mounted panels. Each size is offered in a vertical deployment configuration (V) and lateral configurations with either one wing (L-1W) or two wings (L-2W). All variants use the same high-efficiency triple-junction UTJ cells and onboard electronics as the SP body-mounted family: dual parallel Picoblade connectors, digital temperature and NTC sensors, coarse sun sensors, an inertial module (3-axis accelerometer + gyro) and a 3-axis magnetic sensor. An option exists to add extra solar cells on the body-fixed surface beneath the deployed wings, and panels can be customized on request.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.