The First-ever Space Solar Power Tests Are Finished After A Year In Orbit

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Popular Science
1/16/24

https://www.popsci.com/technology/sp...the%20results.

"An orbital satellite testing the technological feasibility of one day harvesting and transmitting solar energy down to Earth has concluded its year long mission, and researchers are eager to dive into the results."

" Today’s solar cells used in satellites and other space technologies are as much as 100 times more expensive to manufacture than their terrestrial counterparts. Caltech explains this is largely due to the cost of adding protective crystal films known as epitaxial growth."

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