China’s progress toward reusable rockets, orbital logistics, and lunar industrialization will secure the strategic high ...

Electrical engineer Ed Tate was skeptical of proposals for space-based solar power when he initially heard about the concept seven years ago. “My first reaction was, ‘That really sounds like science ...

A team of researchers from China has proposed a plan for a space solar power (SSP) demonstration mission. The mission aligns with the first step of the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) SSP ...

Solar panels positioned in space could be harnessed to continuously supply up to 80 per cent of Europe’s renewable energy by 2050, a new study says. Researchers from King’s College London estimate ...

Space solar power, or what I like to call Starlink for electricity, is at once a ludicrous idea and a bit of a pipe dream. None of that is stopping Baiju Bhatt from giving it a go. The billionaire ...

For most, satellite connectivity means ensuring that people everywhere have access to telecommunications, data and the internet. Connecting this way is a noble goal, and innovators are finding new ...

In the late 1960s, an engineer named Peter Glaser floated a wild idea: what if we launched giant solar panels into orbit and beamed the power back to Earth? At the time, it sounded like something out ...

A future where your lights, phone, and even entire cities are powered by sunlight collected in orbit may not be far-fetched. A new study published in Joule00255-7) suggests that Europe could one day ...