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JAXA selects Ascent’s Thin-Film Solar for Demonstration

Designed custom PV products for JAXA’s upcoming solar sail deployment demonstration project.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. announced that the company has fulfilled a third order from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for custom PV products designed specifically for JAXA’s upcoming solar sail deployment demonstration project.    In this most recent purchase, JAXA placed the entire order, comprising of small area test cells and large, 19.5cm x 30cm monolithically-integrated modules, all on a very thin, 25 micron (0.001 inch) plastic substrate. which is half the thickness o...

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