Deployable Space Systems (DSS), acquired by Redwire in 2021, is a leading independent supplier of deployable space structures and mechanisms. It specializes in designing, developing, and manufacturing deployable solar arrays, deployable structures, deployable antennas, and articulated mechanisms for civil, defense, and commercial space applications. Their key products include the Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) and other deployable systems used by organizations like NASA, including for upgrades to the International Space Station.
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Maxar will assemble the Roll Out Solar Array developed by Deployable Space Systems using the delivered solar modules.
Redwire has acquired space manufacturing company Made In Space and Deployable Space Systems, which develops spacecraft structures and solar arrays.
Redwire acquired Deployable Space Systems Inc., the Goleta, California company that manufactures structures and mechanisms including the Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA).
The Redwire acquisition of Deployable Space Systems was announced on 2023-02-23.
Maxar Technologies awarded a contract to Deployable Space Systems in 2019 to manufacture solar arrays for the Power and Propulsion Element of the lunar Gateway.
The upgraded solar arrays will use Roll Out Solar Arrays (ROSA) technology developed by Deployable Space Systems.
Johns Hopkins University awarded Deployable Space Systems a contract in 2018 to produce ROSAs for NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirect Test, scheduled to launch in 2021.
Deployable Space Systems tested a ROSA lightweight flexible blanket array on the International Space Station in 2017 with support from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and NASA.
Deployable Space Systems set up a manufacturing plant to produce multiple ROSA solar wings capable of producing 25 kilowatts each for an undisclosed customer.
Deployable Space Systems has a contract dated 2019-10-01 to provide Roll Out Solar Array (ROSA) flexible blanket arrays to Maxar Technologies for the Power and Propulsion Element of the Gateway.
The Roll Out Solar Array is a lightweight flexible blanket solar array developed by Deployable Space Systems and unfurled on the International Space Station in 2017.