6th December 2006

EMCORE Major Order For Satellite

EMCORE’s Photovoltaics Division has been awarded a multi-year purchase order from a manufacturer of high power geosynchronous communications satellites for over $41 m over a period of 3 years.

EMCORE will supply state of the art, high efficiency multi-junction solar cells for approximately ten high power satellites. Production of the solar cells will take place at EMCORE’s state-of-the-art multi-junction Solar Cell production facility located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

This order, along with the initial purchase agreement, represents one of the largest multi-junction solar cell procurements from any US satellite manufacturer.

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