UK startup building solar power beaming tech for space applications

Three year old Space Solar has completed an 18-month engineering design and development project for key parts of its modular space-based solar power system. UK startup Space Solar has completed tests of its power-beaming technology with its Harrier demonstrator, along with completing sub-system studies. The three-year-old company said it had completed an 18-month, GBP1. 7 million ($2. 26 million) project, known as Cassidi, involving the assessment of its wireless power beaming, in-space assembly process, and ground receiver technology, as well as a 1,700-page sub-system design document. "The project ...

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