Press Releases
Alta Devices Scaling Up Solar Production to Disrupt Economics of Small Satellite Manufacturing
Tens of Thousands of LEO SmallSats Expected to Deploy in Constellations Over Next Decade Alta Devices has announced it is scaling up solar production to meet growing demand for small satellites (SmallSats). Tens [...]
Professor Harry Atwater Wins 2019 IEEE William Cherry Award
Alta Devices Co-Founder Wins Prestigious Award in Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to Photovoltaic Science and Technology Professor Harry Atwater, Howard Hughes Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science at the California Institute of [...]
Alta Devices to Reveal Its New Solar Solution For Stratospheric Flight At Xponential
HALE (High Altitude Long Endurance) UAVs and HAPS (High Altitude Pseudo-Satellites) are massive aircraft, often with wingspans as large as a Boeing 747, that rely on solar power to remain aloft for multiple [...]
Alta Devices Introduces New Solar Product To Enable Flying Cell Phone Towers
Record solar cell efficiency combined with specialized packaging and integration creates first-ever dedicated solution designed to fly at 60,000 feet for years at a time Building on its long heritage of innovation, Alta [...]
Alta Devices Solar On Upcoming Satellite Launch
Alta Devices Solar Cells Will Power Innovative ThinSat Program This week, the NG-11 mission, will launch from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility carrying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft. This spacecraft will deliver supplies to the [...]
Alta Devices: How Can Innovative Solar Technology Improve the Capabilities Of High Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS)?
High Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) offer exciting capabilities and operational flexibility for earth observation, telecommunications, and navigation. These aircraft are lightweight, autonomous, and designed to operate for multiple weeks or even months at [...]
Alta Devices sets 29.1% solar efficiency record; NASA selects Alta Devices for International Space Station Test
NASA is testing Alta Devices solar technology at the International Space Station in order to evaluate Alta’s technology for future NASA low-Earth orbit missions, including powering CubeSats. Alta Devices also recently announced a [...]
Advanced Solar Material Is Critical For A New Era In Mapping
Rapid change is occurring in the mapping industry as geoinformation becomes critically linked to innovative applications such as autonomous vehicles, unmanned aircraft, and smart cities. AI, augmented reality, and virtual reality are also [...]
Advanced Solar Material Changes The Power Equation For Electric and Autonomous Vehicle Innovators
As vehicles become more autonomous, the number of sensors built into the average vehicle is increasing significantly. Camera, ultrasonic, and radar sensors are just some of the different types of sensors currently being [...]
Alta Devices Demonstrates How Solar Extends Fixed Wing UAV Flight Duration for Commercial Tasks
Drones and UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) are increasingly being used to assist with commercial tasks such as search and rescue, delivery, mapping and infrastructure inspections. Some of these jobs are highly localized and [...]
Alta Devices New Generation Solar Cell Empowers Autonomy for BVLOS UAV Operations
UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), or drones, are among the earliest autonomous vehicles – performing many functions without human intervention. The next challenge for UAVs is the coming adoption of BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line [...]
Alta Devices Powers Successful CubeSat Mission
Alta Devices Modular, Lightweight and Highly Efficient Solar Cells Enabled Rapid Development and Deployment of Innovative FastBus Small Satellite Platform LOGAN, UT – August 6, 2018 –A successful CubeSat mission by Twiggs Space [...]