SolAero Technologies' Ingenuity on Mars

• SolAero Technologies, a leading company of high performance solar cells composite structural products for satellite and also aerospace applications, congratulates the group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Labs (JPL) on the successful first flight of the Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity. SolAero is proud to have supplied the photovoltaic panel that has actually enabled the first powered, controlled trip on one more world.

The photovoltaic panel for Ingenuity was made in SolAero's state-of-the-art production facility in Albuquerque, NM. The panel is inhabited with SolAero's industry-leading, 33.0% effective IMM (Inverted Metamorphic Multi-junction) class of solar cells that generate in excess of 10% even more power than various other area solar cells in production today.

The IMM is likewise more than 40% lighter than regular space quality solar cells. The combination of greater efficiency as well as significantly reduced mass was an essential factor that was regarded objective allowing for Ingenuity's successful trip.

The success of Ingenuity better prolongs SolAero's lengthy background of powering satellites and also spacecrafts for NASA and also JPL, consisting of the Mars 2020 Cruise Stage, the InSight Lander that is currently operating the Mars surface, the DAWN asteroid objective, the Parker Solar Probe to the sunlight, the Lunar Atmosphere as well as Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) objective and also lots of others.

" SolAero is exceptionally honored to be a part of this history-making flight and sustaining it with the highest possible efficiency solar panels available," said Brad Clevenger, Chief Executive Officer of SolAero Technologies. "SolAero's market leading modern technology as well as track record of performance continue to make it the supplier of choice for the most requiring satellite applications."