Spectrolab, a subsidiary of Boeing, is a leading manufacturer of high-efficiency space solar cells, panels, and assemblies. They supply these products to various customers including satellite contractors, NASA, and the Department of Defense. Spectrolab's solar cells power satellites in Earth's orbit, the International Space Station, and have supported missions to the Moon and Mars. Keywords associated with Spectrolab include: space solar cells, solar panels, Boeing, NASA, satellite power systems.
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Boeing’s Spectrolab subsidiary is a major supplier of space-qualified solar cells used across many Western commercial and government missions.
Spectrolab, SolAero, and Germany’s Azur Space make most of the West’s space-grade solar cells.
Spectrolab, SolAero Technologies, and Azur Space Solar Power are the three primary manufacturers of space-grade triple-junction solar cells serving the Western market.
The qualified supplier base for space-grade gallium arsenide solar cells is dominated by Spectrolab and AZUR SPACE Solar Power.
Spectrolab’s latest XTE+ product line uses triple-junction gallium arsenide cells with 33% efficiency.
Spectrolab is a Boeing subsidiary based in Sylmar, California.
Spectrolab, SolAero Technologies, and Azur Space supply space-grade triple-junction solar cells built on germanium wafer substrates.
Spectrolab has delivered more than 6.5 million multijunction space solar cells over its lifetime.
The satellite incorporates advanced solar panel technology from Spectrolab, a subsidiary of Boeing.
Boeing's first 3D-printed solar panels will carry Spectrolab solar cells on small satellites built by Millennium Space Systems.
The follow-on award builds on Redwire’s contract to deliver six IROSAs that were developed in partnership with Boeing’s Spectrolab and delivered to NASA under contract with Boeing, NASA’s prime contractor for space station operations.
Redwire partnered with Boeing’s Spectrolab to develop the initial six IROSA arrays for the International Space Station.
The 702MP+ platform accommodates the largest commercial satellite solar arrays that Boeing-subsidiary Spectrolab has produced, along with batteries and supporting electronics that generate well over 30 kW of solar power.
The 702MP+ platform accommodates the largest commercial satellite solar arrays ever produced by Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab along with batteries and supporting electronics that generate well over 30 kW of solar power.
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite will obtain power from solar cells built by Spectrolab, Inc.
Spectrolab has produced more than 6.5 million gallium-arsenide solar cells for more than 1,000 spacecraft over the last 65 years.
Each O3b mPOWER satellite combines Boeing’s flight-proven 702 platform, Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab’s custom-designed solar arrays, and the 702X software-defined payload.
Spectrolab is a Boeing subsidiary that manufactured custom-designed solar arrays for the O3b mPOWER satellites built to withstand harsh MEO radiation.
Each O3b mPOWER satellite combines Boeing’s 702 satellite platform, Spectrolab’s custom-designed solar arrays built to withstand MEO radiation, and the 702X software-defined payload.