8–10 Apr 2025
ESTEC
Europe/Amsterdam timezone

Session

Solar Generators

10 Apr 2025, 09:30
Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

Tennis Hall

ESTEC

Conveners

Solar Generators: Welcome and introduction

  • Antonio Caon

Solar Generators: ESA Presentation: Highlight on the technology roadmap and major topics

  • Antonio Caon
  • Carsten Baur

Solar Generators: Session 1 - AZUR SPACE’s solar cell products for versatile space applications

  • Torsten Torunski (Azur Space)

Solar Generators: Session 1 - Perovskite-silicon tandem cells and their potential for space PV (Oxford PV)

  • Beth Allum (Oxford PV)

Solar Generators: Session 2 - PVA developments from TAS-B (Thales Alenia Space Belgium)

  • Johan Das (Thales Alenia Space - Belgium)

Solar Generators: Session 3 - AELIS, innovative testing of Solar Array Wings at Beyond Gravity

  • Héloïse Boross (Beyond Gravity)

Solar Generators: Wrap-up and conclusion

  • Antonio Caon (ESA)

Solar Generators: Session 1 - Solar Cells manufacturing improvement (CESI)

  • Roberta Campesato (CESI)

Solar Generators: Session 1 - Silicon Solar Cells for Space Applications: Degradation and Regeneration Effects (ISC Konstanz)

  • Valentin Mihailetchi (ISC Konstanz)

Solar Generators: Session 1 - Silicon Photovoltaics for Space: Key Issues and Advances (CEA)

  • Romain Cariou (CEA)

Solar Generators: Session 1 - Progress towards Low Cost III-V Space Solar Cells (Fraunhofer-ISE)

  • David Lackner (Fraunhofer-ISE)

Solar Generators: Session 1 - (R-) Evolutionary innovation in Ge substrates for space multijunction solar cells (UMICORE)

  • Jinyoun Cho (UMICORE)

Solar Generators: Session 1 - Perovskite Solar Cells for VLEO Applications (Institute for Photovoltaics, University of Stuttgart)

  • Stephanie Essig (Institute for Photovoltaics, University of Stuttgart)

Solar Generators: Session 1 - Solar panel protection : a challenge for Rectifier (STMicroelectronics)

  • Thierry Castagnet (STMicroelectronics)

Solar Generators: Session 2 - On-going and Future Developments at Teledyne Qioptiq

  • Sam Vaughan (QIOPTIQ)
  • Jilly Knox-Shoosmith (QIOPTIQ)

Solar Generators: Session 2 - Solar Cell Cover glass development of SCHOTT

  • Oliver Theussl (SCHOTT)

Solar Generators: Session 2 - Solar Arrays Development at Leonardo

  • Giorgio Tesser (Leonardo)

Solar Generators: Session 2 - Advance in series production experience. Balance after three years of massive activities (SpaceTech, STI)

  • Emanuele Ferrando (SpaceTech)

Solar Generators: Session 3 - Spasolab activities and perspectives

  • Christopher Lawrence Barber Daza (SPASOLAB)

Solar Generators: Session 3 - 5M - Involvement in solar panel development and manufacturing (BSTG - 5M)

  • Pavel Lorenc (BSTG - 5M)

Solar Generators: Session 3 - DESOP, deployable solar panels for nanosatellite (PROGETTI)

  • Loris Marchignani (PROGETTI)

Solar Generators: Session 3 - DEAR – A 1U membrane-based 100W Solar Array Engineering Model development and testing (DLR)

  • Tom Sproewitz (DLR)

Solar Generators: Session 3 - PowerCube - An Origami-Inspired 100W Solar Array for SmallSats (DCUBED)

  • Antonio Pedivellano (DCUBED)

Solar Generators: Session 3 - Development of a Synchronized Deployment Solar Array Wing for SmallSats (DHV)

  • Ismael Sanchez (DHV)

Solar Generators: Session 2 - Sparkwing solar arrays for MW constellations (Airbus)

  • Martin Kroon (Airbus)

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