Collect energy in space and transmit it to earth

The idea attributed to Nicola Tesla of sending energy through space has been taking shape today, because scientists are using a precise beam of light capable of powering another spacecraft kilometers away to expand the tests, Star Catcher Industries has just broken the DARPA record and demonstrate that wireless energy transmission, previously a futuristic dream, is about to become a real component of space infrastructure.

The company transmitted 1.1 kW of energy directly to the Kennedy Space Center using only commercial solar panel components, a significant leap, considering that the previous record, also impressive, was 800 W set last year, all within a concept that was born in 1941 when Isaac Asimov imagined orbital solar collectors sending microwaves to Earth, decades later, engineering begins to catch up with that literary flash.

The logic behind space energy transmission was always seductive, panels in orbit collect continuous light, without night, without clouds, without atmosphere, but building mega solar complexes in a vacuum is still a long way off, the new frontier is between ships, the energy limitation of satellites is simple, more power means more panels, more mass, more costs, an equation that has slowed progress for years.

This is where Star Catcher changes the narrative, instead of microwaves, its network uses a multispectral optical laser powered by an array of solar panels, that laser is precisely tuned to match the panels of the client ship, in practice it works like concentrating light in a giant magnifying glass, multiplying the efficiency of the panels without the need to redesign them.

The most recent test involved various types of panels, preparing the path for the first orbital demonstration planned for 2026, a crucial stage to validate that the system works not only on the ground, but in the only sand that really matters for this technology.

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