SolAero by Rocket Lab, Space Power Solutions and Product Roadmap

Over the past 20 years, SolAero Technologies (now SolAero by Rocket Lab) has been an industry leading supplier of III-V solar cells, solar cell assemblies and solar array panels. Currently, over 1,100 satellites and spacecraft in orbit are powered by our products. These include >100 GEO missions, >900 LEO missions, and 15 lunar and interplanetary missions. State-of-the-art multijunction solar cell technologies and their respective roadmaps will be reviewed, including a comparison of these technologies at end-of-life (EOL) accounting for important differences in on-orbit operating temperatures that are frequently omitted in other analytical comparisons. SolAero's solar array capabilities are discussed, including the design and manufacture of rigid panel substrates and photovoltaic assemblies, as well as SolAero's progress in expanding further into the solar array market by providing fully integrated wing-level solutions for small satellites.