Hughes draws on new solar cells to offer more powerful satellites

Hughes Space and Communications is offering more powerful versions of its HS 601 and HS 702 spacecraft, drawing on new triple-junction gallium arsenide solar cells manufactured by its Spectrolab subsidiary to build satellites will as much as 25 kilowatts of power on board. The company said yesterday...

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