{"id":1863,"date":"2026-03-09T13:27:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T13:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/redwire-space-announces-low-mass-solar-array-to-expand-roll-out-product-line\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T13:27:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T13:27:03","slug":"redwire-space-announces-low-mass-solar-array-to-expand-roll-out-product-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/redwire-space-announces-low-mass-solar-array-to-expand-roll-out-product-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Redwire Space Announces Low-Mass Solar Array to Expand Roll-Out Product Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1773036794193_639086335961422984.webp\" width=\"712\" height=\"399\" alt=\"Redwire Space Announces Low-Mass Solar Array to Expand Roll-Out Product Line\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1773036794193_639086335961422984.webp\" style=\"opacity: 0.215719;\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1773036794193_639086335961422984.webp\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"399\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redwire Corporation<\/strong>, a global leader in aerospace and defense technology solutions, announced a new high-performance, low-mass solar array product, the Extensible Low-Profile Solar Array (ELSA), designed to meet the needs of mass-manufactured satellites that require standardised, modular power solutions to enable on-orbit operations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ELSA addresses current and future market demand from government and commercial entities requiring higher volume satellite production to support warfighter communications, telecommunications, and more. Leveraging technical heritage from Redwire\u2019s Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) product line, modular subsystems, and a parallel production approach, ELSA bolsters Redwire\u2019s capability to serve more markets by providing reliable, robust, and affordable power in a compact foldable package.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: What are Solar Array Drive Mechanisms?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>ELSA provides up to 50% more power by volume than our traditional <strong>solar arrays<\/strong> and is designed to minimize solar array stowed volume and mass while remaining competitive with conventional solar array performance and pricing. ELSA offers a significant improvement in modular, scalable design and rapid production to support customers with low to medium-power applications across all orbits.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cELSA will broaden Redwire\u2019s solar array offerings into exciting new public and private sector markets,\u201d<\/em> said <strong><\/strong><strong>Mike Gold<\/strong><strong>, President of Redwire\u2019s Space business segment<\/strong>. \u201cDemand for power in space is already robust and will only continue to grow at a rapid pace. We\u2019re eager to leverage the singular success and flight heritage of ROSA to support the growing needs of customers for innovative power solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Redwire is a market leader in space power solutions, with a proven track record of innovation and on-orbit success. Redwire\u2019s ROSAs have a 100% on-orbit success rate on flagship space missions, including the International Space Station and <strong>NASA<\/strong>\u2019s Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission. Redwire is currently manufacturing a pair of the most powerful ROSAs ever built for NASA\u2019s Lunar Gateway, along with multiple arrays for <strong>Thales Alenia Space<\/strong>\u2019s Space INSPIRE satellites and <strong>Blue Origin<\/strong>\u2019s multi-orbit space mobility platform, Blue Ring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Redwire Corporation, a global leader in aerospace and defense technology solutions, announced a new high-performance, low-mass solar array product, the Extensible Low-Profile Solar Array (ELSA), designed to meet the needs of mass-manufactured satellites that require standardised, modular power solutions to enable on-orbit operations.&nbsp; ELSA addresses current and future market demand from government and commercial entities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[39,41,26,20],"class_list":["post-1863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-aerospace","tag-defense","tag-ground","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}