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Orbital Matter and Dcubed to demonstrate 3D printing in space for deployable solar-array booms

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Poland’s Orbital Matter and Germany’s Dcubed are conducting on-orbit demonstrations of 3D printing in cubesats, testing additive manufacturing in the vacuum of space. The effort targets future solar arrays with booms manufactured and potentially deployed directly in orbit, reducing dependence on prebuilt structures.

Discovered 2026-09-14T00:36:55.826689-07:00 | 2026-09-14T00:36:55.826689-07:00

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  • On-orbit additive manufacturing could enable spacecraft structures such as solar-array booms to be produced in space rather than launched fully assembled.
  • The cubesat demonstrations will provide an early test of 3D-printing performance in the vacuum of space, a key technical step toward more flexible spacecraft manufacturing.

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