Advanced Space Manufacturing

Orbital
Panel Co.

Precision carbon fiber solar panel substrates for the next generation of orbital spacecraft. Faster to produce, lighter in orbit, and built for constellation-scale demand.

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30% Lower Cost Per Unit
50% Faster Production Cycle
15% Weight Reduction
100% Automated Layup Process

Substrate
Manufacturing

Precision Carbon Fiber

Built for the Constellation Era

Orbital Panel Co. manufactures carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) solar array substrate panels — the structural backbone onto which solar cells are mounted in every satellite. Our automated layup process eliminates the manual, labor-intensive methods that constrain legacy suppliers.

Designed specifically for mega-constellation production volumes, our substrates deliver aerospace-grade dimensional accuracy, radiation tolerance, and thermal stability at a fraction of incumbent lead times.

  • Automated fiber placement — zero manual layup
  • Tight CTE control matched to III-V and silicon cell materials
  • Constellation-scale production capacity
  • Full traceability and quality documentation for ITAR programs
  • Standard and custom panel geometries
3x Throughput vs. Hand Layup
48hr Typical Cure Cycle
CFRP Substrate Panel — Automated Layup

Testing &
Certification

Flight Heritage

Space-Qualified at Every Step

Every substrate Orbital Panel Co. produces undergoes rigorous environmental and mechanical verification before delivery. Our quality regime is built around the same standards demanded by the programs we serve.

We perform thermal cycling, vibration, acoustic, and outgassing testing in-house, with full dimensional inspection and non-destructive evaluation at each stage of production.

  • Thermal vacuum and thermal cycling per MIL-STD-810
  • Vibration and shock qualification
  • Flatness & bond line inspection via laser metrology
  • Outgassing testing per ASTM E595
  • 100% ultrasonic C-scan inspection for delamination
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Environmental Testing — Thermal Vacuum Chamber

Materials &
Process Technology

Proprietary Methods

The Process Advantage

The performance of a solar array substrate is determined not just by the carbon fiber material, but by how precisely the layup variables — fiber angle, resin content, cure pressure, and thermal ramp rates — are controlled throughout production.

Orbital Panel Co. was founded specifically to commercialize a proprietary understanding of how these process variables interact to produce substrates that exceed existing performance benchmarks at lower cost.

Process Innovation

Automated Variable Optimization

Our manufacturing process applies real-time feedback control across layup, cure, and post-process steps — eliminating the artisanal variability that drives yield loss and qualification risk in conventional substrate production.

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