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Astronauts install final iROSA solar array on International Space Station

The spacewalk concludes a five-year power upgrade, raising the station's generation capacity by 30%

Luisa Marconi
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NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk conducted U.S. Spacewalk 101 to install the eighth and final iROSA solar array on the International Space Station.[1] Installation of this final array concludes a five-year program to upgrade the station's power system. With all eight units now fitted, total power generation capacity increases from 160 kW to approximately 215 kW, a 30% overall boost. The seventh iROSA array was installed on the station on 29 October, prior to this final spacewalk.
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  1. NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk conducted U.S. Spacewalk 101 to install the eighth and final iROSA solar array on the International Space Station. · pv magazine Global
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