On January 3, 2023, the California Institute of Technology's Space Solar Power Project (SSPP) launched the Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD) into orbit on SpaceX's Falcon 9. This SSPD is a ...
Caltech has beamed solar power from a satellite to the Earth, for the first time. In the Maple (Microwave Array for Power-transfer Low-orbit Experiment) project, a satellite collected solar power and ...
A 10-month mission demonstrated three elements of the plan to beam solar power from space to Earth. One year ago, Caltech's Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD-1) launched into space to demonstrate ...
One year ago, Caltech’s Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD-1) launched into space to demonstrate and test three technological innovations that are among those necessary to make space solar power a ...