SBIR/STTR Research Award
Lunar Surface Solar Electric Power System
Award amount
$99,908Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2009Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Deployable Space Systems, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2009-01-22
- Contract end date
- 2009-07-22
- UEI
- EHJJDG7BA2X3
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- X5.01
Research abstract
We propose a concentrated photovoltaic electric power system for lunar operations called C-Lite Lunar. The novel technology produces a near-term solar array system that provides substantially improved performance in terms of high specific power (>600 W/kg BOL, 10X lighter than rigid arrays), lightweight, high deployed stiffness (5X stiffer than rigid arrays), high deployed strength, compact stowage volume (>1,000 kW/m3 BOL, 30X more compact stowage than rigid arrays), affordability, and rapid commercial readiness. The proposed effort will provide a disruptively positive performance impact to the end-user, and allow for the rapid insertion of this mission-enabling technology for future applications.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Innovative Deployable Solar Array for SmallSat and CubeSat Applications
- Deployable and Retractable Solar Array for Lunar Surface/Lander Mobility Operations
- Innovative Deployable Solar Array for SmallSat and CubeSat Applications
- Deployable and Retractable Solar Array for Lunar Surface/Lander Mobility Operations
- Lightweight and Affordable Solar Array System for NASA Solar Electric Propulsion Science Missions