Solar arrays
Hemeria
HEMERIA designs and builds solar arrays for all types of spacecraft, nano or micro satellites, rovers and transfer vehicles, offering a reliable and proven solution with controlled costs and short lead-times.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 0.5 kg
- Design life
- 8 years
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
- Number of panels
- 1-3 panels per array
- Range
- From 30 W to 1 KW
- Cells
- Azurspace AZUR 3G30A / Spectrolab XTE CIC
- Lifetime
- From 5 to 8 years in orbit
- Electrical I/F
- Sub D connector
- Orbit
- LEO, GEO, MEO, Exploration
- Lead-time
- Design and acceptance tests: 6 to 9 months · Design / qualification: 2 to 3 months
- Substrate
- CFRP skin with aluminum honeycomb panel
- Frequency in retracted position
- > 100 Hz
- Mass
- Mechanical 0.5 kg for an array of 3 panels · Panel + PVA : 3.4 kg/m²
- Loads
- >15 grams quasi-static design load · >15 grams random vibrations
About
HEMERIA is committed to on-time supply of high-quality industrial solar arrays solutions for spacecraft, in the 30W to 1KW range, using a CNES-approved manufacturing process. These solar arrays are designed for various orbits including LEO, GEO, MEO, and exploration missions, with a lifetime of 5 to 8 years in orbit. They feature 1-3 panels per array, utilizing Azurspace AZUR 3G30A or Spectrolab XTE CIC cells. The substrate is made of CFRP skin with an aluminum honeycomb panel, and hinges are developed in-house. HEMERIA also offers qualified repair processes for their solar arrays. The design and acceptance tests typically take 6 to 9 months, while design and qualification can be completed in 2 to 3 months. These solar arrays have been approved on missions such as ANGELS, Smallsat, IDEFIX, KINEIS, and the MMX Rover.
Documentation
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