This strategic partnership agreement covers the supply of deployable kilowatt-class satellite solar arrays for sovereign Low-Earth Orbit national security satellites, built by Hanwha Systems, currently under development in Korea.

Through this partnership, the two companies aim to implement an optimised power system tailored to the satellite project while further strengthening reliability and quality verification processes. It combines NanoAvionics’s expertise in satellite platform design and manufacturing with Flexell’s technical validation and quality assurance capabilities.

Under the agreement, NanoAvionics will design and manufacture the solar arrays to be integrated into Hanwha Systems’ satellites. While Flexell Space will conduct final quality inspection and acceptance testing to ensure compliance with domestic customer requirements.

Beyond the supply of solar arrays, the companies are also exploring the integration of Flexell Space’s next-generation solar cells for space into NanoAvionics’s CubeSat and microsatellite platforms. When combined, the technology aims to reduce cost and provide greater design flexibility while meeting the lifetime power efficiency of traditional Gallium Arsenide cells. Flexell is developing their Copper Indium Gallium Selenide and perovskite solar cells with a focus on low cost, large-area scalability, and ultra-lightweight characteristics.

Taehun (Tim) Ahn, CEO of Flexell Space, said: “This collaboration goes beyond simple component procurement and represents an important opportunity to further strengthen our quality verification capabilities. It will also serve as a meaningful milestone in accelerating the integration of our next-generation solar cells into actual satellite array systems.”