Redwire Completes Critical Design Review for ELSA Solar Arrays

Redwire completed a critical design review for the ELSA solar arrays. The arrays are for Low Earth Orbit. The work is tied to a contract with Moog Inc.

The ELSA solar arrays have completed critical design review and are in full compliance with customer requirements.

The arrays are for Low Earth Orbit.

Redwire's contract with Moog Inc. was announced in 2026-03.

Manufacturing and integration with the METEOR satellite bus from Moog Inc. clears the path forward.

Redwire's role covers designing, making, testing and delivering the flight hardware for the ELSA solar array wings.

ELSA is baselined as a standard component of the METEOR ESPA-Grande satellite bus, and the bus is all-orbit capable.

ELSA is designed to minimize stowed volume and mass, deliver 50% more power by volume than traditional solar arrays, and support volume production.

Redwire-built solar arrays have a 100% on-orbit success rate.

For lunar-industry readers, the milestone shows a compact solar array reaching a key design gate while being baselined as a standard component on an all-orbit satellite bus.

The design goal of minimizing stowed volume and mass, paired with 50% more power by volume than traditional arrays, addresses spacecraft packaging constraints.

A 100% on-orbit success rate for Redwire-built solar arrays adds flight-history context.