AkaSci 🛰️Jun 15, 2023
How to install a solar panel ... in space!
NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg are installing the iROSA Rollout Solar Array on truss number 1B of the ISS today.
This is the 6th and last such installation.
Check out the webcast at https://youtu.be/21X5lGlDOfg
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See graphic below for the locations of the various iROSA arrays on the ISS. Truss 1B is being worked on today.

Each iROSA array produces more than 20 kW of electricity; the 6 arrays will eventually generate 120 kW of augmented power during orbital daytime. In addition, the remaining uncovered solar array pair (2A and 3B) and partially uncovered original arrays will continue to generate ~95 kW of power.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-solar-arrays-to-power-nasa-s-international-space-station-research
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/facts-and-figures
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New Solar Arrays to Power NASA’s International Space Station Research

As the International Space Station orbits Earth, its four pairs of solar arrays soak up the sun’s energy to provide electrical power every day.

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NASA Astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg completed the five-hour and 35-minute spacewalk today, successfully installing and deploying the 6th and final roll-out solar array (iROSA) at the ISS.
https://youtu.be/7SAI7Xath5A
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International Space Station solar arrays installed

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