DEPLOYABLE SPACE SYSTEMS, INC. (DSS) WILL FOCUS THE PROPOSED NASA PHASE 1 EFFORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR…

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DEPLOYABLE SPACE SYSTEMS, INC. (DSS) WILL FOCUS THE PROPOSED NASA PHASE 1 EFFORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR INNOVATIVE FUNCTIONAL ADVANCED CONCENTRATOR TECHNOLOGY (FACT). FACT IS AN AFFORDABLE PRACTICAL HIGH-EFFICIENCY CONCENTRATOR BLANKET ASSEMBLY FOR ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT SOLAR ARRAYS. FACT COUPLED TO AN ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT SOLAR ARRAY STRUCTURAL PLATFORM (SUCH AS DSS'S ROSA) WILL PROVIDE GAME-CHANGING PERFORMANCE METRICS AND UNPARALLELED AFFORDABILITY FOR THE END-USER. FACT WILL ENABLE EMERGING SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION (SEP) SPACE SCIENCE MISSIONS, AND OTHER NASA MISSIONS, THROUGH ITS ULTRA-AFFORDABILITY, HIGH VOLTAGE OPERATION CAPABILITY, HIGH/LOW TEMPERATURE OPERATION CAPABILITY, HIGH/LOW ILLUMINATION OPERATION CAPABILITY, HIGH RADIATION TOLERANCE, ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT, AND ULTRA-COMPACT STOWAGE VOLUME. ONCE COMPLETELY OPTIMIZED THROUGH THE PROPOSED PHASE 1 AND PHASE 2 PROGRAMS THE FACT TECHNOLOGY PROMISES TO PROVIDE NASA/INDUSTRY A NEAR-TERM AND LOW-RISK FLEXIBLE BLANKET TECHNOLOGY FOR ADVANCED SOLAR ARRAY SYSTEMS THAT PROVIDES REVOLUTIONARY PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF HIGH SPECIFIC POWER / ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT (>400-500 W/KG BOL AT THE ARRAY LEVEL&>1000 W/KG BOL AT THE BLANKET LEVEL, PV DEPENDENT), AFFORDABILITY (>50% COST SAVINGS AT THE ARRAY LEVEL), COMPACT STOWAGE VOLUME (>80 KW/M3 BOL, 10X TIMES BETTER THAN CURRENT RIGID PANEL ARRAYS), HIGH OPERATION RELIABILITY, HIGH RADIATION TOLERANCE, HIGH VOLTAGE OPERATION CAPABILITY (>150 VDC), SCALABILITY, AND LILT&HIHT OPERATION CAPABILITY.