Ascent Solar to continue development of distributed power receiving products

Ascent Solar (ASTI) Technologies announced its plans to continue development of distributed power receiving products in 2026 to account for growing demand for space-based energy beaming technologies. hese development efforts include both internally funded research and development as well as continued Collaborative Agreement Notice program work with the NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center and Glenn Research Center, which is on schedule to successfully conclude this spring. The Company plans to present the results of these development programs at select space industry conferences to be announced later this year. These solar module technology advancements are uniquely enabled by Ascent’s in-house manufacturing capabilities at its 5-MW production facility in Thornton, Colorado. The facility allows for the company’s commercial-off-the-shelf CIGS PV products to be further optimized in order to be able to receive both sunlight in addition to more distributed power from a number of transmission sources and providers such as Star Catcher Industries. The Company further plans for continued technology progression through partnerships like that with Cislunar Industries that stand to effectively enable spacecraft to generate and utilize multiple times more power with a solar array of any given size.