DEPLOYABLE SPACE SYSTEMS (DSS) HAS DEVELOPED AN ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT ELASTICALLY SELF-DEPLOYABLE ROLL-OUT SOLA…

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DEPLOYABLE SPACE SYSTEMS (DSS) HAS DEVELOPED AN ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT ELASTICALLY SELF-DEPLOYABLE ROLL-OUT SOLAR ARRAY (ROSA) STRUCTURAL PLATFORM THAT WHEN COMBINED WITH ULTRA-THIN 33% IMM PV OR 29.5% STANDARD ZTJ PV SOLAR-CELL FLEXIBLE BLANKET TECHNOLOGIES CAN PRODUCE A NEAR-TERM AND LOW-RISK SOLAR ARRAY SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES REVOLUTIONARY PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF HIGH SPECIFIC POWER (>500 W/KG BOL WITH IMM&>225 W/KG WITH ZTJ), LIGHTWEIGHT, HIGH DEPLOYED STIFFNESS, HIGH DEPLOYED STRENGTH, COMPACT STOWAGE VOLUME (>50 KW/M3 BOL), RELIABILITY, AFFORDABILITY, AND RAPID COMMERCIAL READINESS. ROSA'S PREDICTED PERFORMANCE METRICS ARE INCREDIBLE IMPROVEMENTS OVER CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART, AND IN MANY CASES ARE MISSION-ENABLING FOR FUTURE APPLICATIONS. THE ROSA TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION IS APPLICABLE TO PRACTICALLY ALL NASA AND NON-NASA MISSIONS AS A DIRECT REPLACEMENT FOR CURRENT SOLAR ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES. THE PROPOSED PHASE 2 PROGRAM HAS BEEN UNIQUELY STRUCTURED TO METHODICALLY DEVELOP A FEASIBLE SCALED-UP ROSA SOLAR ARRAY SYSTEM SPECIFICALLY CONFIGURED FOR NASA'S OUTER-PLANETS MISSION APPLICATIONS, COLLABORATIVELY WITH ALL THE TECHNOLOGY STAKEHOLDERS, AND INCREASE TECHNOLOGY READINESS TO TRL 5/6. THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM WILL RAPIDLY READY THE MISSION-ENABLING ROSA SOLAR ARRAY TECHNOLOGY FOR COMMERCIAL INFUSION INTO FUTURE PROGRAMS.