Solar Array Products

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Northrop Grumman is the industry leader in the design, development, and production of unique and turnkey solar array systems that provide electrical power to spacecraft systems.

Solar Array Products Datasheet

Mission Highlights

Our lightweight arrays have powered a variety of critical missions, including:

rendering of JWST in space

James Webb Space Telescope

rendering of Global Positioning Satellite System in space

Global Positioning System

rendering of satellite in space

STSS & Other Government Space Programs

rendering of satellite in space

NASA’s Messenger Space Probe & Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer

Automation

Photovoltaic subassemblies feature the latest technologies to weld or solder with robotic automation, connecting solar cells into circuits up to six feet in length. The solder connection is non-lead, high temperature capable, and superior to welds.

Covered Interconnected Cells (CICs)

Advanced integration of solar cells and coverglass for CIC assemblies, which use a wide range of manufacturers and cell types, multijunction III-V based, as well as thin film and Si-based.

Circuit Trace Harness Connectors

Photovoltaic subassemblies feature the latest technologies to weld or solder with robotic automation, connecting solar cells into circuits up to six feet in length. The solder connection is non-lead, high temperature capable, and superior to welds.

Resistive Wing Isolation Board Assemblies

Flight-proven in the most extreme environments of space to provide protection from shorting failures.

Platinum Resistance Thermometer Assemblies

Full temperature range capable, manufacturing friendly, and flight-proven from -185C to >300C.

Blocking Diode Assemblies

Flight-proven radiation resistant, Electro-Static Discharge proof, micrometeoroid/debris resistant.

Solar Cell Strings

Any shape or configuration with the above cell technologies.

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Space Vehicle & Payload Products