{"id":47342,"date":"2026-03-18T19:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/flexell-space-and-kongsberg-nanoavionics-to-build-solar-arrays-for-k-leo\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T19:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:41:15","slug":"flexell-space-and-kongsberg-nanoavionics-to-build-solar-arrays-for-k-leo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/flexell-space-and-kongsberg-nanoavionics-to-build-solar-arrays-for-k-leo\/","title":{"rendered":"Flexell Space and Kongsberg NanoAvionics to Build Solar Arrays for K-LEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flexell Space <\/strong>and <strong>Kongsberg NanoAvionics<\/strong> will jointly supply solar arrays for K-LEO, South Korea\u2019s sovereign Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) national security constellation, Flexell said in a statement on Wednesday. <strong>Hanwha Systems <\/strong>is currently developing the satellites.<\/p>\n<p>Lithuania-based NanoAvionics will design and manufacture the solar arrays, and South Korea-based Flexell will conduct quality assurance testing to ensure compliance with Korean customer requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The companies are also exploring the integration of Flexell\u2019s copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) and perovskite solar cells into NanoAvionics\u2019 cubesat and microsatellite platforms, Flexell said. The combined technology is designed to reduce costs, increase flexibility, and match the power efficiency of traditional gallium arsenide cells.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis collaboration goes beyond simple component procurement and represents an important opportunity to further strengthen our quality verification capabilities,\u201d Flexell Space CEO Tim Ahn said. \u201cIt will also serve as a meaningful milestone in accelerating the integration of our next-generation solar cells into actual satellite array systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing selected by Flexell is testimony to our strong subsystem portfolio spanning standard spacecraft components and expertly engineered tailored solutions that meet specific customer mission requirements,\u201d Kongsberg CEO Atle Woello said. \u201cWe are seeing increased interest in our products and services from other domestic national security missions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In developing K-LEO, Hanwha has welcomed collaborators. In January, it announced separate MoUs with Canadian space companies Telesat and MDA Space to explore using their communications infrastructure. K-LEO is a Korean initiative for sovereign defense capabilities and secure communication for national security operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flexell Space and Kongsberg NanoAvionics will jointly supply solar arrays for K-LEO, South Korea\u2019s sovereign Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) national security constellation, Flexell said in a statement on Wednesday. Hanwha Systems is currently developing the satellites. Lithuania-based NanoAvionics will design and manufacture the solar arrays, and South Korea-based Flexell will conduct quality assurance testing to ensure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47343,"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":[],"class_list":["post-47342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47342"}],"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=47342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}