MMA will deliver its HaWK-2 gimbaled solar array for the NASA Ames BioSentinel Mission, which is scheduled to launch in 2018. The objective of the BioSentinel Mission is to study the impact of space radiation on living organisms, specifically yeast cells, thriving outside of Low Earth Orbit.
For more information, visit the NASA Ames BioSentinel website: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/engineering/projects/biosentinel.html.
JPL has awarded a contract to MMA to deliver deployable solar arrays for the ASTERIA Mission based on our E-HaWK Solar Array architecture and design.
MMA delivered the first solar array engineering hardware to JPL in support of the MarCO Mission, set to launch in 2016. JPL will integrate the solar array onto the MarCO bus to perform system engineering tests and spacecraft level risk reduction.
For information regarding the MarCO Mission, visit: https://marscubesatworkshop.jpl.nasa.gov/static/files/presentation/Asmar-Matousek/07-MarsCubeWorkshop-MarCO-update.pdf
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) selected MMA’s HaWK Solar Array to power the MarCO Mission scheduled for launch in 2016. MarCO is the first interplanetary 6U CubeSat communication spacecraft that will relay real time data on the InSight Lander Mission. We thank JPL for their support of our high performance solar arrays and are proud to be on the MarCO team charting the future of interplanetary smallsat missions.
The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued Patent No. US 8,905,357 B1 for our dragNET De-orbit System.
MMA’s new patent pending deployable DaHGR (pronounced “dagger”) antenna technology will be published soon. Please contact us in the interim if you have specific antenna needs, questions and interests.
MMA completed the flight build and test of the FalconSat-7 deployment system and delivered the flight unit to the US Air Force Academy for final integration with the flight optical system.
The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued Patent No. US 8,814,099 B1 for our Deployable Morphing Modular Solar Array.
The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued Patent No. US 8,757,554 B1 for our NanoSat HaWK Solar Array.
The Air Force confirmed MMA’s dragNET that launched aboard ORS-3 has successfully deployed and is de-orbiting the Minotaur I Upper Stage.