Redwire Technology Enables NASA Planetary Defense Test Mission
22 9월 2022 - 8:30PM
Business Wire
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a leader in space
infrastructure for the next generation space economy, is providing
critical navigation components and Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA)
technology for NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)
mission, the world’s first planetary defense test mission, which is
set to impact the binary asteroid system Didymos on September 26,
2022, at 7:14 p.m. EDT.
Powered by two ROSA wings and guided by digital sun sensors
produced by Redwire, DART has successfully traveled roughly 7
million miles over nine months since its launch on November 24,
2021. DART’s ROSA wings have performed flawlessly, delivering power
to the spacecraft and sensitive guidance instruments throughout the
mission. Redwire’s ROSA and digital sun sensor technology will
continue to power and guide DART until the spacecraft’s moment of
impact.
“Redwire is proud to have provided critical systems to APL and
NASA for this historic endeavor to advance planetary defense
capabilities,” said Andrew Rush, President and COO of Redwire.
“Redwire’s innovative, flight-proven power and navigation
technology, which have helped enable this first-of-its-kind mission
for millions of miles, continues to expand our understanding of the
solar system and positively impact our lives on Earth.”
Redwire delivered two ROSA wings through a contract with Johns
Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). The two solar array
wings, which measure 28 feet (8.5 meters) long and 4.67 feet (1.42
meters) wide when fully deployed, have been powering the entire
spacecraft throughout the mission. Each wing produces 3.39 KW of
power at 99 watts per kilogram and a volumetric power density of 50
KW per cubic meter. Both wings also featured Redwire’s Flexible
Array Concentrator Technology Solar Power Modules as a
Transformational Solar Array demonstration. Redwire also delivered
a Digital Sun Sensor system consisting of five Digital Sun Sensor
heads and one Digital Sun Sensor electronics processing unit, which
have been used for attitude control and fail-safe recovery
throughout the mission.
DART is currently approaching the binary asteroid system
Didymos, where it will impact the moonlet, Dimorphos, to adjust its
speed and trajectory. This mission is the first demonstration of
the kinetic impactor technique to change the trajectory of an
asteroid in space. As the first planetary defense test mission,
DART will demonstrate critical technology that could one day be
used to protect Earth from a dangerous asteroid or comet.
Redwire’s ROSA technology is compact, modular and scalable,
making it ideal for use on various spaceflight platforms. Redwire
is also producing various modular versions of ROSA for many
government and commercial spaceflight applications, including the
International Space Station and the Power and Propulsion Element
for NASA’s Gateway program.
Redwire’s Digital Sun Sensor has a rich flight heritage,
supporting many missions and spacecraft, including Mars Pathfinder,
Mars Exploration Rovers A and B, Mars Science Lander Curiosity,
Mars 2020 Perseverance, IRIS, Parker Solar Probe, STEREO,
Cassini-Huygens and many others.
To learn more about Redwire’s involvement in this historic
mission, visit www.redwirespace.com/missions/dart/
About Redwire
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) is a leader in space
infrastructure for the next generation space economy, with valuable
IP for solar power generation and in-space 3D printing and
manufacturing. With decades of flight heritage combined with the
agile and innovative culture of a commercial space platform,
Redwire is uniquely positioned to assist its customers in solving
the complex challenges of future space missions. For more
information, please visit www.redwirespace.com.
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