JACKSONVILLE, Fla.,
Oct. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a leader in mission
critical space infrastructure for the next generation space
economy, is providing critical navigation components for NASA's
Lucy mission, the first spacecraft to study Jupiter's Trojan
asteroids. The mission is set to launch no earlier than
Saturday, Oct. 16, from Space Launch
Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Redwire delivered two Coarse Sun Sensor (CSS) Pyramids —a 2 axis
sensor containing four detectors, used for solar array pointing,
sun acquisition, and failsafe recovery—for the Lucy program through
a contract with Lockheed Martin. Acceptance testing of the CSS
Pyramids was completed in early July
2020 and shipment was made to Lockheed Martin later that
month to support spacecraft integration and test.
"Redwire is proud to be working alongside our mission partners
as a trusted supplier for NASA's groundbreaking Lucy program," said
Don Wesson, leader of Redwire's
Sensors business. "Building on decades of flight heritage, our
sensor technology will enable the advanced navigation
capabilities needed to ensure Lucy meets its science and
exploration objectives to reveal new details about our solar
system."
Lucy will visit eight different asteroids over 12 years
following a complex path, making it the first mission launched to
as many different destinations in independent orbits around our
Sun. Giving us a first-time view of the primordial bodies that
built the planets, Lucy will expand our understanding of the
formation of the solar system.
Building on decades of flight heritage, Redwire's sensors
and components provide more flexibility and capability on-orbit
with more processing power and smaller form factors. CSS technology
has successfully performed in highly elliptical,
geostationary, and low and medium Earth
orbits about the Earth, and on various interplanetary missions
to the Moon and Mars, and in deep space.
About Redwire
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) is a leader in mission
critical space solutions and high reliability components for the
next generation space economy, with valuable IP for solar power
generation and in-space 3D printing and manufacturing. With decades
of flight heritage combined with the agile and innovative culture
of a commercial space platform, Redwire is uniquely
positioned to assist its customers in solving the complex
challenges of future space missions. For more information, please
visit www.redwirespace.com.
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