The system is based on a highly compact and flexible ultrathin soft solar blanket that acts as the collection panel and can unroll once the satellite reaches orbit. As it does so, a 3D printer system ...
- Technical innovation cuts production cycle time by up to six months- First 3D-printed solar arrays will fly Spectrolab solar cells aboard small satellites built by Millennium Space Systems- Designed ...
WASHINGTON — Boeing announced it has begun 3D printing the structural panels that form the backbone of satellite solar arrays, a step the aerospace giant says will cut production times in half and ...