EMCORE Corp. (Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.) announced that it has received a solar photovoltaic (PV) panel manufacturing contract from ATK for the AMOS-6 commercial telecommunications satellite planned for launch in early 2015.

The PV panels, containing the company's ZTJ triple-junction solar cells, will power the AMOS-6 spacecraft manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).

"We are excited about this opportunity to adapt our space-proven modular PUMA array, from GPS IIF and Orbital's Star2 GEO line, to provide power to IAI's AMOS-6 satellite for Spacecom," stated Dave Messner, vice president and general manager of ATK Deployables business in Goleta (California, U.S.).

"We look forward to delivering over 10 kW of end-of-life power using EMCORE's solar cell technology to enable another successful satellite mission."

"This is an important award for EMCORE. The manufacture of the AMOS-6 solar panels will reinforce our heritage in the telecom satellite business and allow us to pursue future opportunities in that market," stated Brad Clevenger, general manager of EMCORE's Photovoltaics Division.

2012-10-17 | Courtesy: EMCORE Corp. | solarserver.com © Heindl Server GmbH

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