Redwire Rigid Panel Solar Array Systems
Redwire Corporation
Scalable rigid honeycomb-panel solar arrays from 50 W to over 15 kW per wing for LEO, MEO, GEO, and deep-space missions.
Typed specifications3 values
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- Mass
- 20–150 g product page
- Envelope (L×W×H)
- ~1 m x 1 m and larger, scaled to power product page
- Flight heritage
- IXPE (launched Dec 2021), LEO/MEO/GEO and deep-space missions product page
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- Power generation
- 50 W to >15 kW per wing
- Specific mass
- 0.02-0.15 kg/W
- Panel dimensions
- ~1 m x 1 m and larger, scaled to power
- Construction
- Composite facesheet, aluminum honeycomb, titanium inserts
- Photovoltaic suppliers
- Spectrolab, SolAero, Azur, Mpower
- Hinge damping options
- Viscous, eddy-current, or un-damped
- Special applications
- ESD, electrostatic, and magnetic cleanliness compatible
- Flight heritage
- IXPE (launched Dec 2021), LEO/MEO/GEO and deep-space missions
- Export control
- ECCN 7A104
About
Redwire’s rigid panel solar array systems are high-heritage, scalable power generation platforms ranging from 50 W to over 15 kW per wing, offered in stowed, deployable, and yoke/offset standoff structural configurations. The arrays use composite facesheet construction over aluminum honeycomb panels with titanium inserts, paired with modular pre-loaded hinge assemblies that offer discrete viscous-damped, eddy-current-damped, or un-damped deployment options.
Redwire partners with leading photovoltaic suppliers — Spectrolab, SolAero, Azur, and Mpower — to balance power output against cost. Arrays can also be built to meet ESD, electrostatic, and magnetic cleanliness requirements for sensitive science payloads, and have flown on missions such as the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), launched December 2021.
Typical specific mass runs from 0.02 to 0.15 kg per watt, with panel sizes commensurate with power output (roughly 1 m x 1 m and larger). The product line serves commercial and military aerospace, NASA research missions, and university-funded educational missions across LEO, MEO, GEO, deep-space, and lander applications.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.