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Ascent Solar Technologies Provides Leading Space Company with Thin-Film PV modules for Spacecraft Power Generation Testing in Cislunar Space
THORNTON, Colo., Dec. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascent Solar Technologies (“Ascent”), the leading U.S. innovator in the design and manufacturing of featherweight, flexible thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solutions, today announced that it recently provided test modules of its thin-film PV technology to a leading space company. The modules are currently being tested on their ability to generate power for spacecraft in Cislunar space, the region of space between the Earth and the moon. Preliminary
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