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Northrop Grumman solar arrays power OneSat satcoms Airbus Defence and Space has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract for the design, development and production of 24 ship sets of solar arrays for its OneSat satellite product line. The solar arrays are a 20kW-class system that deploys over 18 meters in order to provide energy to the satellite, says Northrop. They will power the OneSat communication satellites in geosynchronous orbit. The solar array technology features Northrop Grumman’s Compact Telescoping Array (CTA) design, which uses a telescoping boom system to deploy an “accordion-fol...

Northrop Grumman will design, develop, and produce 24 ship sets of solar arrays for Airbus‘ new OneSat Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO) satellite product line under the terms of a new contract award announced May 3. The 20kW-class OneSat solar arrays will be more than 18 meters long when deployed in an accordion-folded flexible solar array blanket. This system is based on Northrop Grumman’s lightweight Compact Telescoping Array (CTA) design, which was developed for missions that require extremely compact stowage volume for spacecraft launch while remaining lightweight. Northrop Grumman said th...