Caltech to Launch Space Solar Power Technology Demo into Orbit in January
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Caltech to Launch Space Solar Power Technology Demo into Orbit in January
January 03, 2023
In January 2023, the Caltech Space Solar Power Project (SSPP) is poised to launch into orbit a prototype, dubbed the Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD), which will test several key components of an ambitious plan to harvest solar power in space and beam the energy back to Earth. [Caltech story]
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Robert Perkins
(L to R) Sergio Pellegrino, Harry Atwater, and Ali Hajimiri, the principal investigators of the Space Solar Power Project.