Space-based solar power advances with microwave and laser transmission, orbital assembly, and cost reductions, aiming for ...

Solestial, a manufacturer of lightweight, radiation-hardened silicon PV products for space, has received $1.2 million to fund the development of a novel solar array wing concept for small satellites ...

The ARAQYS-D3 mission by Dcubed will demonstrate the ability to manufacture a solar array 15 meters long in orbit. Credit: Dcubed BREMEN, Germany — German satellite component company Dcubed is moving ...

The system is based on a highly compact and flexible ultrathin soft solar blanket that acts as the collection panel and can unroll once the satellite reaches orbit. As it does so, a 3D printer system ...

Solestial plans to demonstrate a two-week production sprint to manufacture 1 kW of spacecraft solar cells and modules, followed by a two-week solar array assembly and integration run. The project is ...

BREVARD COUNTY • FLORIDA – NASA astronauts will conduct a pair of spacewalks in January outside of the International Space Station to prepare for the installation of a roll-out solar array and ...

A team of researchers from Swansea University and Loughborough University are working on lightweight cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cell technology for space arrays. The aim is to develop ...

A King’s College London study found that space-based solar power could cut Europe’s land-based renewable needs by 80% by 2050. Japan and the U.S. are testing early prototypes that beam solar energy ...

THORNTON, Colo., July 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascent Solar Technologies (ASTI) (“Ascent” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ASTI), the leading U.S. innovator in the design and manufacturing of ...

WASHINGTON — Axiom Space has awarded a contract to Redwire to provide solar arrays for the first module of Axiom’s planned commercial space station. The companies announced Sept. 25 that Redwire will ...

THORNTON, Colo., Nov. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascent Solar Technologies, (Nasdaq: ASTI) (“ASTI” or the “Company”), the leading U.S. innovator in the design and manufacture of featherweight, ...

Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (“Idemitsu”), a leader in energy and advanced materials with longstanding expertise in solar technologies, and Source Energy Company (“Source”), an emerging supplier of ...