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Re:xAI joins SpaceX by ralfd on Monday February 02, 2026 @06:22PM (#46863688)
The company lists their ISS solar panels as 28 kW for 331 kg, which comes pretty near to 100 W/kg.

Company website:

https://rdw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/redwire-roll-out-...

And their Opal configuration beats the metric: 5.3 kW for 42.7 kg.

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Re:xAI joins SpaceX by fouc on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @01:51AM (#46867434)
Okay so that works out to 124 kW/ton for the opal config.
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