Clyde Space Deployable Solar Panels
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Clyde space deployable solar panels. The 4 panels which start off stowed along the sides of the spacecraft during launch open up in orbit to reach a length of 7 metres. Designed and manufactured with space qualified materials offering customized solutions for your mission. Aac clyde space 5 792. Bbc newsnight item on clyde space and ukube 1.
Find out more about space as a service and browse through our satellite bits and epic spacecraft via our online store today. 24 april 2012 clyde space ltd 2012 outline 1. Aac clyde space provides rapidly manufactured spacecraft services and solutions designed with quality and innovation in mind for the small satellite market. 1u cubesat deployable solar arrays duration.
The big dog of our cubesat range is the epic 12u. These are recommended depending on customer power requirements and deployed along the long edge of the spacecraft. Triple deployable 189 50 3 x single solar panel electronic components qualified for military or aerospace applications. Each deployable is a set of solar panels so it is a multiple choice of a single solar panel.
Double and triple deployable solar arrays are available for missions requiring additional capacity for their cubesat. The purpose of these panels is to provide maximum power generation from any side of the satellite. The side solar panels are designed to fit at the side plates of our cubesat structures. The aac clyde space photon solar panels are designed and qualified for maximum power generation and ease of platform integration.
For missions requiring perfomance longevity and that bit more space in the trunk our epic 6u class is just the job. Our off the shelf solar arrays offer over a decade of flight heritage and quality assurance. This spacecraft which is designed for journeys to the moon and to mars is equipped with 4 deployable solar panels which form an x shape and can produce about 10 kilowatts of power. This video shows a demonstration experiment of deploying a solar panels assembled on 2u sized cubesat.
The cubesat power challenge 2. Boasting large deployable solar arrays and enhanced pointing not to mention our flight proven avionics core our epic 6u class is the ideal choice for both commercial and government missions.