Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has developed technology to stiffen deployable structures on spacecraft, enabling autonomous spacecraft docking operations. SwRI is currently integrating the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Two astronauts working outside the International Space Station successfully rolled out a new type ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has developed technology that enables spacecraft to utilize precision pointing algorithms for attitude control. SwRI is currently integrating the Parallelogram ...

Solar Arrays (SA’s) of a satellite are typically folded within the launcher. After the satellite is inserted into its orbit, SA’s are unfolded (or deployed) and locked. The deployment is a critical ...