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 ...

HOUSTON—Axiom Space has contracted with the Redwire Corp. to provide the Roll Out Solar Arrays for the first component of the company’s planned replacement of the International Space Station (ISS), ...

A team of researchers from China has proposed a plan for a space solar power (SSP) demonstration mission. The mission aligns with the first step of the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) SSP ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lumen Orbit has raised more than $10 million to deploy data centers in space, TechCrunch reports. The Y Combinator startup plans to deploy data centers in space for training AI models, and claims a ...