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Completed TRL 6 (started at 4, targeting 6)
NASA's Lightweight Integrated Solar Array and Transceiver, LISA-T will develop, test, and demonstrate a deployable structure on which lightweight photovoltaic devices and transceiver elements are embedded to provide both power and communications for a small scale spacecraft. The system will provide a >2x increase in power available to a 3U satellite, as well as, a >2x increase in specific power generation (Watts/kilogram) and a >2x enhancement of stowed volume (Watts/cubic-meter) compared to state-of-the-art arrays. The team will also demonstrate a path to reduced array costs and the deployment of communication devices both with and without solar devices.
As most CubeSats are constrained to 10's of watts of electrical power due to the limited surface area available for photovoltaics, LISA-T seeks to address the issue by developing deployable arrays that increase available surface area for photovoltaics thus providing hundreds of watts.
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