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Chapter 23 of 101Space & aerospace2 min read · 1 exhibits

Demonstrations So Far

What has actually been demonstrated in power beaming and space solar, and how far is it from a power plant?

Chapter summary

a chain of small but real steps.

Key takeaways

  1. 1

    The 1975 Goldstone test beamed about 30 kW of microwaves over 1.5 km on the ground.

  2. 2

    Japan demonstrated precise microwave beam control.

  3. 3

    Caltech's SSPD-1 beamed power between arrays in orbit and to a detector on Earth in 2023.

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