mPower Technology

mPower Technology is a space solar power company headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with a regional office in Carlsbad, California. The company was founded by Dr. Murat Okandan, who spent 16 years at Sandia National Laboratories developing the foundational thin, flexible silicon solar cell technology that became the basis for mPower's core product line, DragonSCALES.

DragonSCALES is described by the company as the world's most advanced ultra-light, ultra-adaptable silicon solar cell solution for space. The technology features a mesh configuration that isolates individual cell faults to prevent cascading failures, a high packing factor for improved power efficiency, radiation-resistant and self-annealing cells, mechanical flexibility to conform to complex spacecraft geometries, pre-wired components to simplify assembly, shade tolerance, low weight and stowage volume, and flexible voltage configurations. The cells have flight heritage spanning more than 20 years and are currently deployed on multiple operational satellites.

mPower serves satellite constellation operators, lunar and deep-space missions, space logistics and mobility platforms (including space habitats and electric propulsion), and space-based solar power applications. Customers and partners include Firefly Aerospace, Blue Origin, Eutelsat OneWeb, Maxar, Gravitics, Lockheed Martin, Vast, NASA, and Redwire. In 2024, Airbus selected DragonSCALES to supply more than 1.1 MW of solar modules for the 200+ satellite MDA AURORA constellation.

The company has raised over $46 million to date, including a 2020 Series A round and a 2025 Series B round of more than $21 million led by Razor's Edge Ventures, with a strategic investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures. In November 2025, mPower launched its first automated, high-volume space solar production line in the United States, in partnership with Universal Instruments Corporation in Conklin, New York, with plans to double production capacity by mid-2026.