DHV Technology

DHV Technology is a Spanish space components company founded in 2010 and headquartered in Málaga, Andalusia, specializing in the design and manufacture of high-efficiency solar panels for CubeSats and small satellites across the full size range from 1U to 16U form factors. The company produces both body-mounted panels (integrated directly into the satellite chassis structure) and deployable solar arrays (fold-out panels that extend after launch to increase power generation area) on printed circuit board (PCB) or carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) substrates depending on mission mass and stiffness requirements.

DHV Technology's panels use triple-junction solar cells — typically from Azur Space or similar suppliers — achieving beginning-of-life efficiencies exceeding 28%, with radiation-resistant designs tested to withstand LEO and MEO radiation environments over multi-year missions. The company performs full environmental qualification testing including thermal vacuum cycling, vibration, and shock testing to ESA ECSS and NASA GSFC standards, enabling flight heritage across multiple missions.

Key partnerships and contracts include supply agreements with Spire Global — the US-based nanosatellite constellation operator running 100+ CubeSats for weather and maritime data — and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center contracts for missions including GTOSat, a 3U CubeSat designed to study electron dynamics in the geosynchronous transfer orbit radiation environment. DHV Technology operates within Europe's growing small satellite supply chain, competing with GomSpace, Endurosat, and AAC Clyde Space for solar panel subsystem supply to commercial and institutional small satellite programs.