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By participating in the development of the small satellite BIRD of the German Space Agency, Astro- und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH accepted the challenge of developing fold-out solar panel structures.
Since its launch in October 2001, Solar Array, a panel structure consisting of 3 panels, has faultlessly and continuously supplied the satellite with power of up to 120 W. From this research, we developed a fold-out system with four exact constructional replicas and completely independent solar panels for small satellites. The system has already successfully qualified for deployment in space.
The actual size of the panels can be scaled to the sizes of other satellites, and thereby adjusted to performance requirements. Furthermore, higher performance solar cells are to facilitate power of up to