{"id":79276,"date":"2025-08-19T06:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T06:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/79276\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T06:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T06:43:07","slug":"mma-space-unveils-low-cost-flexarray-solar-array-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/79276\/","title":{"rendered":"MMA Space unveils low-cost FlexArray Solar Array system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"image nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/18224709\/FlexArray6-transparent-e1754583325222-1536x1192-1.webp\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-878936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/FlexArray6-transparent-e1754583325222-1536x1192-1-300x233.webp.webp\" alt=\"FlexArray Solar Array - MMA Space\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\"  \/><\/a>p<\/p>\n<p>It can be manufactured in a fraction of the time of conventional solar arrays, according to the Colorado company.<\/p>\n<p>The FlexArray Solar Array system uses proprietary thin-film membranes to mount and deploy solar cells. This results, it says, in very high power-to-volume ratios compared to rigid-panel solar arrays.<\/p>\n<p>The company highlights it is addressing a satellite industry demand for more power at a lower cost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a small, agile business we have to be very intentional when it comes to applying investment, and we recognized this was an area ripe for innovation and disruption,\u201d said <a rel=\"image nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mmadesignllc.com\/download\/41824\/?tmstv=1755535930\" target=\"_blank\">Mitch Wiens<\/a>, president and CEO of MMA Space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we have said, exploring is in our DNA, so we have sustained efforts and dedicated team making sure we continue to pave the way for our<br \/>customers with robust, reliable, rapid and affordable solutions at scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to MMA Space, due to the simplicity of its design, production of the FlexArray can be at high volumes . Hence its targeting at large-scale constellations.<\/p>\n<p>It describes the system as cell agnostic in the sense it can also use traditional solar cells.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a rel=\"image nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/news\/blue-canyon-unveils-larger-saturn-400-satellite-bus-2025-08\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Canyon unveils larger Saturn-400 satellite bus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"p It can be manufactured in a fraction of the time of conventional solar arrays, according to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-79276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}