Ascent Solar Technologies (Nasdaq: ASTI) has announced that the Company’s solar module products will fly on NASA’s upcoming Lightweight Integrated Solar Array and AnTenna (LISA-T) mission, scheduled for launch this […]
Solar Electric Propulsion
Solestial + Atomos reach solar blanket deal
Solestial, Inc. (“Solestial”) and Atomos Space (“Atomos”) have engaged in a multi-mission, sales agreement for a minimum of 20 kilowatts (“kW”) of Solestial’s ultrathin, low-mass, radiation-hardened solar blankets. Solestial’s photovoltaic […]
Rocket Lab to supply solar power for the USSF’s new missile warning satellites
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced that the company’s high-efficiency, radiation-hardened, Coverglass Interconnected solar Cell (CIC) assemblies will power the three Lockheed Martin Next Gen OPIR GEO (NGG) […]
NanoAvionics’ Solar Sail Selected For NASA’s ACS3 Mission
NanoAvionics was recently selected to build a 12U nanosatellite bus for an on-orbit demonstration of NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3). This a result of a contract between NASA […]
Maxar Has Delivered The Spacecraft Bus for NASA’s Psyche Mission
Late last month, Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) delivered the Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) Chassis to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for the NASA Discovery Mission, Psyche. The SEP Chassis is […]