Redwire Successfully Delivers Fourth Pair of Roll-Out Solar Array Wings for ISS Power
13 Janeiro 2025 - 9:30AM
Business Wire
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a leader in space
infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced
today the successful delivery of the fourth pair of Roll-Out Solar
Array (ROSA) wings for the International Space Station (ISS), also
known as the IROSA program. The wings were developed and delivered
through a follow-on contract with Boeing, NASA’s prime contractor
for ISS operations.
The IROSA wings enhance the space station’s power supply to
support critical research and space operations. The fourth pair of
wings were developed in partnership with Boeing’s Spectrolab and
delivered through a follow-on contract awarded in June 2022. Since
2021, a total of six Redwire-built arrays have been deployed on the
ISS, modernizing its critical power supply.
“With eight IROSA wings produced, and six currently deployed and
powering the ISS to date, IROSA is a proven technology for powering
sustained human activities in space,” said Peter Cannito, Redwire
Chairman and CEO. “The technical success of the program paves the
way for new opportunities for commercial space stations and
sustained power infrastructure on the Moon and beyond.”
The delivery of the most recent set of IROSA wings follows
acceptance testing consisting of multiple ambient functional
deployments, vibration, and cold and hot temperature deployments.
The wings are undergoing flight package integration in the Space
Station Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in
Florida and are slated to launch on an upcoming commercial resupply
mission to the ISS.
Each wing provides an additional 20+ kW of power for over 10
years once deployed, and all eight IROSA wings combined will
provide more than 160 kW. Since installation on the ISS, the six
currently deployed wings have operated nominally, enabling extended
operation of ISS to 2030 and beyond.
Redwire has continued to advance ROSA technology to power other
spaceflight platforms and ambitious missions with reliable and
stable power solutions for civil, DoD, and commercial customers.
Redwire is currently building ROSA systems for the Power and
Propulsion Element for NASA’s Gateway program, a part of the
agency’s Artemis program, and Astrobotic’s Lunar Vertical Solar
Array program, which aims to provide sustainable power on the lunar
surface. Along with its previous success on the ISS, Redwire’s ROSA
technology also powered NASA’s DART spacecraft to impact the
asteroid Dimorphos, successfully altering the asteroid’s orbit in
September 2022.
About Redwire
Redwire Corporation (NYSE:RDW) is a global space infrastructure
and innovation company enabling civil, commercial, and national
security programs. Redwire’s proven and reliable capabilities
include avionics, sensors, power solutions, critical structures,
mechanisms, radio frequency systems, platforms, missions, and
microgravity payloads. Redwire combines decades of flight heritage
and proven experience with an agile and innovative culture.
Redwire’s approximately 700 employees working from 17 facilities
located throughout the United States and Europe are committed to
building a bold future in space for humanity, pushing the envelope
of discovery and science while creating a better world on Earth.
For more information, please visit redwirespace.com.
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