DEPLOYABLE SPACE SYSTEMS (DSS) AND EMCORE AS A KEY SUBCONTRACTOR WILL FOCUS THE PROPOSED SBIR PROGRAM ON TH…

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DEPLOYABLE SPACE SYSTEMS (DSS) AND EMCORE AS A KEY SUBCONTRACTOR WILL FOCUS THE PROPOSED SBIR PROGRAM ON THE CREATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF A LIGHTWEIGHT ~33% EFFICIENT IMM MULTI-JUNCTION PHOTOVOLTAIC FLEXIBLE BLANKET ASSEMBLY SPECIFICALLY FOR FUTURE NASA SPACE SCIENCE MISSIONS THAT DEMAND ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH VOLTAGE OPERABILITY. THE PROPOSED IMM PV FLEXIBLE BLANKET ASSEMBLY WHEN COUPLED TO AN OPTIMIZED STRUCTURAL PLATFORM WILL PRODUCE REVOLUTIONARY ARRAY-SYSTEM-LEVEL PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF HIGH SPECIFIC POWER (>500 W/KG BOL AT THE ARRAY LEVEL, OR >1000 W/KG BOL AT THE BLANKET ASSEMBLY LEVEL), LIGHTWEIGHT, HIGH DEPLOYED STIFFNESS, HIGH DEPLOYED STRENGTH, COMPACT STOWAGE VOLUME (>50 KW/M3 BOL), RELIABILITY, MODULARITY, ADAPTABILITY, AFFORDABILITY, AND RAPID COMMERCIAL READINESS. ONCE SUCCESSFULLY VALIDATED THROUGH THE PROPOSED PHASE 1 AND PHASE 2 PROGRAMS, DSS'S LIGHTWEIGHT IMM PV BLANKET ASSEMBLY TECHNOLOGY WILL PROVIDE INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS OVER CURRENT STATE-OF-THE ART, AND IN MANY CASES WILL BE MISSION-ENABLING FOR FUTURE NASA AND NON-NASA APPLICATIONS.