CubeSat Kit Fixed Solar Panel: End Panel
Pumpkin, Inc.
A 0.031in/0.8mm thick fixed (non-deployable) end-panel solar panel for CubeSat Kit satellites, built using Pumpkin's flight-proven PMDSAS construction methods.
Technical specifications
- SKU
- 710-00764
- Panel Thickness
- 0.031in / 0.8mm
- Solar Cell Type
- Triple-junction solar cells, ~28% to >32% AM0 efficiency over product lifetime
- Panel Family
- Pumpkin Modular Deployable Solar Array System (PMDSAS)
- On-Orbit Track Record
- Over 600 PMDSAS panels flown since 2008 with 100% on-orbit success rate, LEO through GTO
- Quality Testing
- Vacuum bakeout and comprehensive irradiance test performed on every panel
- Hardware Class
- Flight Hardware | Flight Qualified | Space Proven
- Panel Role
- End panel (fixed, non-deployable)
About
The CubeSat Kit Fixed Solar Panel: End Panel is flight hardware that is flight qualified and space proven. Since their debut in 2008, over 600 Pumpkin Modular Deployable Solar Array System (PMDSAS) solar panels have enjoyed a 100% success rate on-orbit, spanning missions from LEO all the way to GTO.
This is a 0.031in / 0.8mm thick fixed solar panel for the CubeSat Kit, intended for use as an end panel. Pumpkin describes the result as the highest-quality and often lightest solar panels available on the market today; the company’s proprietary PMDSAS construction methods are designed to ensure an extremely robust panel that withstands launch loads and vibration with minimal added risk. Every panel undergoes a vacuum bakeout followed by a comprehensive irradiance test to ensure proper operation before delivery.
Over the years, PMDSAS panels have migrated from triple-junction solar cells that started around 28% AM0 efficiency to cells now exceeding 32% AM0 efficiency. Buyers are directed to Pumpkin’s PMDSAS Design Guidelines datasheet for further design detail, and customers needing non-standard panel thicknesses are pointed to Pumpkin’s custom solar panel offerings.
Documentation
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