Space

Key player in Photovoltaic Assembly (PVA) design and lay-down, with a proven capability to supply state-of-the-art fixed solar array, Galileo Avionica started with the Italian advanced GaAs solar arrays technology development funded by the Italian Space Agency. Galileo Avionica has, since, delivered high flexibility and excellent cost/performance ratio Photovoltaic Assembly becoming the reference Company in Europe for small satellites and a leader in large solar array. With solar panels deployed on most of the latest ESA programmes: Rosetta, ATV, PROBA, Herschel and Planck, ADM Aeolus, GIOVE A and the LEO constellations Cosmo SkyMed and Pleiades, the Company has recently increased its PVA production area to about 600 sqm with an integration capability of 60.000/80.000 solar cells per year.

ATV Solar Array  Four deployable wings of four panels each for a total area of about 34 sqm 1.16 x 1.82 sqm panel size 12960 about 6 x 4 sqcm Si Hi-ETA2 BOL 15.9% efficiency More than 6000 W installed power more information.pdf (300 KB)

COSMO Skymed  Two deployable wings of four panels each for a total area of 18.3 sqm About 5000 TJ GaAs based solar cells 8 x 4 sqcm 26.8% average efficiency 5000 W installed power more information.pdf (284 KB)

PLANCK Solar Array  5 fixed panels equipped with solar cells, disk-shaped divided in two concentric areas for a total area of about 14,5 sqm About 2700 TJ GaAs based solar cells 84 sqcm 26,7% average efficiency 3000 W installed power.