DEPLOYABLE SPACE SYSTEMS (DSS), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ATK SPACE AND EMCORE, WILL FOCUS THE PROPOSED SBIR PROG…

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DEPLOYABLE SPACE SYSTEMS (DSS), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ATK SPACE AND EMCORE, WILL FOCUS THE PROPOSED SBIR PROGRAM ON THE COUPLING OF ULTRA-THIN 33% BOL EFFICIENT MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR CELL FLEXIBLE BLANKET TECHNOLOGIES (EMCORE'S IMM CELL INTEGRATED TO AN ADVANCED FLEXIBLE BLANKET), TO AN ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT ELASTICALLY SELF-DEPLOYED ROLL-OUT SOLAR ARRAY (ROSA) STRUCTURAL PLATFORM TO PRODUCE A NEAR-TERM AND LOW-RISK SOLAR ARRAY SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES REVOLUTIONARY PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF HIGH SPECIFIC POWER (>546 W/KG BOL), LIGHTWEIGHT, HIGH DEPLOYED STIFFNESS, HIGH DEPLOYED STRENGTH, COMPACT STOWAGE VOLUME (>57 KW/M3 BOL), RELIABILITY, AFFORDABILITY, AND RAPID COMMERCIAL READINESS. THE HIGH-PERFORMANCE OF AN OPTIMIZED ROSA SOLAR ARRAY SYSTEM WITH IMM TECHNOLOGY REPRESENTS INCREDIBLE IMPROVEMENTS OVER CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROPOSED EFFORT WILL PROVIDE A REVOLUTIONARY AND POSITIVE PERFORMANCE IMPACT TO THE END-USER, AND ALLOW FOR THE RAPID INSERTION OF THIS MISSION-ENABLING TECHNOLOGY FOR FUTURE APPLICATIONS.