History & Heritage

The roots of AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH are closely linked with more than 100 years old industrial history of AEG - Telefunken. Founded in 1964 as a part of Telefunken, the company has developed and manufactured solar cells for the first german satellite AZUR (1969).

Since 1964, more than 10 millions Si and GaAs cells were provided for more than 370 space projects. The technologies initially developed by AZUR SPACE for space applications (multi - crystalline Si cell, back-surface field, surface texturing, screen printing technique, etc.) and now used in terrestrial CPV manufacturing, made AZUR SPACE to the pioneer of European photovoltaics.

Over the past four decades, the heritage of AZUR SPACE is several generations of solar cells for more than 370 spacecrafts.

In 2007, AZUR SPACE has transferred it's latest space technology based on high performance multi-junction solar cells for emerging terrestrial concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) market.