$ASTI On January 11th, Ascent Solar Technologies (OTCMKTS:ASTI) announced that it would expand its shareholder outreach after receiving an increase in shareholder inquiries as a result of its product testing with The Japan Aerospace Agency (JAXA), and this expansion of outreach holds true as the Company reveals the important details of the new contract. Although certain details of the contract were not officially revealed, the press release describes the contract as the result of ASTI's monolithically-integrated thin-film modules passing a two year procedure of lengthy and vigorous testing. The total value for the contract is approximately $516,000. "Ascent Solar was asked to customize a fully encapsulated, large area thin-film module weighing no more than 420 grams per square meter (1.38 ounces per square foot), which could withstand extreme operating temperature ranges from +100 to -75 Degree Celsius (approximately +210 to -100 Fahrenheit)," said Dr. Joe Armstrong, founder and CTO of Ascent Solar.

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