Solestial
Tempe, AZ Arizona State University spinout making radiation-self-curing ultrathin silicon solar cells and flexible blankets for space - the main US cost challenger to III-V incumbency in space photovoltaics. Scaling toward 1 MW/yr of production, with roughly $6M of cumulative SBIR/STTR funding from NASA, AFRL/USSF, and NSF (company-stated).
FINANCIAL HEALTH
SECTOR POSITION
RECENT COVERAGE
| Date | Source | Headline |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2026 | PV Magazine (Global) | The race for space solar |
REGISTRY DATA
Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Series A release (May 2025, AE Ventures-led) documents the silicon space-PV scale-up; SBIR total company-stated.
METHODOLOGY
Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.
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