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Spectrolab is a manufacturer of space solar cells and panels headquartered in Sylmar, California. It is a subsidiary of The Boeing Company , and part of Boeing Defense, Space & Security . Spectrolab was founded in 1956 by Alfred E. Mann , a billionaire American entrepreneur and philanthropist .
In 1956, Mann founded Spectrolab, the first of his aerospace companies. While at Spectrolab, an electro optical systems company, he also founded Heliotek, a semiconductor company, that became a major supplier of solar cells for spacecraft. Among other accomplishments during his tenure, Mann's companies provided the electric power for over 100 ...
The facility was originally built by Nash Motors in 1946 and begun production in 1948, building the Nash Rambler. Howard Hughes' Hughes Aircraft Company formed the Aerospace Group within the company when they bought the facility in 1955, [1] when the Nash company became American Motors Corporation and divided the facility into:
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is a division of The Boeing Company based in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The division builds military airplanes, rotorcraft, and missiles, as well as space systems for both commercial and military customers, including satellites, spacecraft, and rockets.
The success of the Vanguard system inspired Spectrolab, an optics company, to take up the development of solar cells specifically designed for space applications. They had their first major design win on Pioneer 1 in 1958, and would later be the first cells to travel to the Moon, on the Apollo 11 mission's ALSEP package.
CIGS is a I-III-VI 2 compound semiconductor material composed of copper, indium, gallium, and selenium.The material is a solid solution of copper indium selenide (often abbreviated "CIS") and copper gallium selenide, with a chemical formula of CuIn x Ga (1−x) Se 2, where the value of x can vary from 1 (pure copper indium selenide) to 0 (pure copper gallium selenide).
James F. Albaugh (born May 31, 1950) is the former executive vice president of The Boeing Company and chief executive officer of the Boeing Commercial Airplanes business unit.
Emery is a member of ANSI, IEC TC82 Working groups 2 and 7, and the ASTM E44.09 standards committees. He is a co-awardee with Spectrolab for the 2007 R&D 100 award and a co-awardee with Innovalight for the 2011 R&D 100 award. Emery was also awarded the 2012 World Renewable Energy Congress / Network Pioneer Award for outstanding contributions to ...