Redwire Corporation has achieved the deployment of its most powerful deployable solar arrays (ROSA) to date, each designed to provide power to the propulsion and power element(PPE) of the Gateway Orbital Station.
Deployable solar panels and deep space
Designed to generate 60 kilowatts of power, the ROSA panels are a breakthrough in power supply for sustained space missions. In addition, they are the most powerful deployable solar panels ever built, capable of powering both habitable and propulsion systems inside the lunar Gateway.
Initial testing has been favorable, with final delivery scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2025. This project is being developed under a global partnership that includes entities such as Northrop Grumman, the European Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and the United Arab Emirates MBRSC .
The Gateway program has scientific and strategic objectives. By consolidating a shared space infrastructure among international allies, the United States seeks to maintain leadership in lunar exploration. lunar exploration and against China.
Gateway will serve as a logistics point for future manned missions to the lunar surface and eventually to Mars. Redwire’ s ROSA panels play a key role in this scheme by providing a constant flow of power to navigation, habitability and communications systems. In addition, the experience gained with this modular platform will be used to ensure the safety and success of future human expeditions.
Looking ahead to 2025, Redwire is moving forward with the delivery of these solar wings. solar wingsThe company is strengthening an international network of technological cooperation that could define the next decades of human presence beyond Earth orbit.
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