Ascent Solar Technologies' PV Blankets to Power NOVI AI Pathfinder Spacecraft Scheduled for Launch This Spring

THORNTON, Colo., Feb. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascent Solar Technologies (“Ascent” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ASTI), the leading U.S. innovator in the design and manufacturing of featherweight, flexible thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solutions, today announced that its previously delivered solar blankets have been successfully integrated into NOVI’s Pathfinder spacecraft, scheduled to fly on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter launch no earlier than March 29th. NOVI's spring mission will demonstrate GENIE™ (Geos ...