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SolarCube3U, a semi-rigid solar panel with integrated electrical power management system for CubeSats 3U
Scheda del progetto
The company Astradyne wants to optimize the SolarCube 3U 1.0, an advanced unfoldable solar panel with origami pattern, designed through the adoption of FRET (a material created by combining high-strength fabric and distributed electronics) as an electro-mechanical substrate.
The proposal thus has two main objectives:
- The refinement of SolarCube's solar panel design to ensure optimal compatibility with standard cubesat platforms and dispensers;
- The development of an integrated EPS system intended to be housed within SolarCube.
Contact:
Giammarco Alessandrino
giammarco@astradyne.space
To present an operational prototype of the SolarCube 3U 2.0 and validate the overall design of the EPS system, consolidating its position in the market for energy solutions for CubeSats.
SolarCube represents a significant innovation in the field of solar panels and EPS systems intended for CubeSats, with unique features and elements of originality. The ability to deliver high levels of power to 3U CubeSat satellites is the product's hallmark, enabling platforms to be equipped with high-performance subsystems and payloads and enabling new types of missions on small satellites.
The proposed advancement with SolarCube will have repercussions on the social and environmental benefit internationally, due to the innovative system of providing high power values to satellites for different missions. In addition, providing a complete EPS module plays a key role in the process of choosing and integrating such a customer-side subsystem.