SP Body-Mounted Solar Panels
NPC Spacemind
Body-mounted solar panel family for 1U-16U CubeSats, X/Y and Z variants, with integrated sensors.
Technical specifications
- SP1X
- 1U side, Mass 40 g, Peak Power 2.3-2.5 W, Voc 5.2-5.5 V
- SP1Z
- 1U zenith panel variant
- SP2X
- 2U side panel
- SP2Z
- 2U zenith panel variant
- SP3X
- 3U side panel
- SP4X
- 4U side panel
- SP4Z
- 4U zenith panel variant
- SP6X
- 6U side panel
- SP8X
- 8U/16U side panel, Mass 450 g, Peak Power 23-25 W, Voc 26-27.5 V, 4 parallel picoblade connectors
- Solar cells
- High-efficiency triple junction UTJ
- Sensors on-board
- Digital temperature sensor, NTC, coarse sun sensor(s), IMU, magnetic sensor
- Connectors
- Parallel Picoblade power connectors (2 on small sizes, 4 on SP8X)
About
The SP series covers NPC Spacemind’s body-mounted (non-deployable) solar panels, sized to match every SM structure face from 1U to 8U/16U in both lateral (X) and zenith (Z) configurations. All panels use high-efficiency triple-junction UTJ solar cells and share a common electronics architecture: dual or quad parallel Picoblade power connectors, a digital temperature sensor plus NTC, coarse sun sensor(s), an IMU, and a magnetic sensor for attitude determination support. Panel sizes scale peak power output from roughly 2.3-2.5 W on the smallest SP1X up to 23-25 W on the SP8X, which also adds alternative solar-cell wiring options and a remove-before-flight pin. The SP family is designed to directly cover the outer faces of SM CubeSat structures.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
