to expand its space systems capabilities. The deal added solar cells to Rocket Lab’s in-house processes. Now, the company boasts a vertically integrated solar array manufacturing system ...

Researchers have shown how robots could build enormous structures like solar power arrays in space instead of risking ...

Researchers from Japan Space Systems (JSS) recently beamed energy wirelessly from a speeding jet to antennae on the ground.

US space tech and innovation ... with fully vertically integrated solar array manufacturing, handling everything from high-volume production of solar cells and CICs (Customer Information Control ...

The new product line was introduced at the 40th Space Symposium ... integrated solar array manufacturing capability, including high-volume production of solar cells, solar cell assemblies or ...

Remote-controlled robots could one day build giant solar farms in space, according to a recent trial in the UK.

The ALBA component tested the efficiency of different photovoltaic cells in space ... vital for optimizing solar power generation in future projects. MAPLE (Microwave Array for Power-transfer ...

Using microwave technology, the solar array for an orbiting power ... facility would be uncrewed. The solar cells would need to be resilient to space radiation and debris. They would also need ...

“The cost of delivering, assembling and, more importantly, maintaining space assets are the current deployment bottlenecks — a typical space-based solar array ... way as your cell phone ...

China isn't the only nation eyeing plans for solar satellite arrays. The U.S. companies Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, the European Space Agency, and Japan's JAXA space agency have also ...