$12.25 Million Says Space Solar Really Is Happening
The newly launched Florida startup Star Catcher Industries is launching a space solar network aimed at beaming solar energy from space to thousands of low earth orbiting satellites.
The newly launched Florida startup Star Catcher Industries is launching a space solar network aimed at beaming solar energy from space to thousands of low earth orbiting satellites.
Despite the obstacles, the dream of beaming solar power from space down to Earth has been gaining momentum and edging closer to reality.
The space solar race is on, as research teams in the US, the UK and elsewhere around the world take a wacky idea and make it real.
The US Space Force is working on an orbiting quantum antenna that could play a part in the race to develop space solar technology.
Perovskite solar cells are among the new technologies being assessed for the ambitious space solar project under way at Caltech.
NASA is lending its financial muscle to help an Arizona startup send its self repairing solar panels into space and meet the demand for larger, more powerful arrays.
Space solar once seemed like a faraway dream, but the economic case is taking shape and the basic technology is at hand.
NASA wants new solar cells to sport a “Made on the Moon” label, using only materials harvested from the Moon.
The US Air Force Research Laboratory lists space solar power among its key technology projects for the warfighter of the future.
A new perovskite solar cell promises high efficiency, low cost, and a long life cycle thanks in part to support from the US Army and US Navy.