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11-05-2024
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Space Solar Power
Space Settlement Progress
Swiss company Astrostrom GMBH, headed by astronautical artist and researcher Arthur R. Woods, has presented an ambitious plan to provide power from space. Space Solar is a company established in the UK as a commercial entity for ownership and delivery of the Space-Based Solar power development programme as outlined in Space Energy Initiative. The ESA SOLARIS Space-based Solar Power Initiative will consist of system studies, technology developments, stakeholder engagement and research activities to mature the technical, economic and programmatic feasibility of Space-based Solar Power (SBSP) for terrestrial clean energy needs
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Energy
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Greater Earth (GE⊕) Lunar Power Station
Space Settlement Progress
GE⊕-LPS would demonstrate feasibility for several key technologies needed for a cislunar economy and is envisioned to provide a hub of operations in the Greater Earth environment. Eventually, the system could be scaled up to provide clean energy for the Earth as humanity transitions away from fossil fuel consumption later this century.
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Using energy from space to power in situ resource processing on the Moon
Space Settlement Progress
Other groups like Swiss-based Astrostom GMBH with their Greater Earth Lunar Power Station are already working on SBSP solutions to provide ample power for lunar surface settlements which could provide sufficient electricity for Waterloo’s ISRP technology. The Astrostom approach would place the power satellite at the L1 Earth-Moon Lagrange point, a location between the Earth and Moon at a distance of 60,000 km above lunar surface. Although not a gravitationally stable location, the station would could maintain a fixed point above a lunar ground station on the Moon’s nearside with minimal station keeping propulsion systems.
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Energy
10-09-2024
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Space presents the final frontier for energy
Verdict
The ESA has been developing satellite technology to convert the Sun’s energy in space and transmit it back to the Earth. Finally, researchers in Switzerland have worked on a campaign for clean space energy. This includes a Greater Earth Lunar Power Station, which is a solar power satellite constructed primarily from lunar resources.
The Lunar Power Station would be made up of Moon-manufactured solar cells that beam down power to receivers on the moon’s surface for future activities on the moon.
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Space-Based Solar Power (Video)
FP - YouTube
Solar panels installed in space could operate almost without interruption, thanks to sunlight ten times more intense than on Earth, while avoiding ...
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Energy
06-11-2024
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Moon dust could help make satellites, settlements, solar power: Study
Interesting Engineering
In the coming decades, the earth's natural satellite may become a bustling hub for deep space activities. A celestial body where humans live, ...
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Energy
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Ariane 6 will launch 3D Printing technology into space
Space Daily
The Replicator mission, a collaboration between Warsaw, Poland, and Berlin, Germany-based startup Orbital Matter, aims to show how 3D printing can be used in orbit, potentially enabling the creation of new space structures with fewer resources. (Orbital Matter Strategic Partner with Astrostrom)
This could lead to space-based solar power plants, communication antennas, larger telescopes, and space stations. Orbital Matter has demonstrated ...
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Energy
05-02-2024
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Europe is falling behind in the race to develop space-based solar power
TheNextWeb
Space-based solar power could help solve some of the energy transition woes plaguing Europe. But is it too good to be true?
Meanwhile, startups like Swiss Astrostrom and Finnish ReOrbit are developing new satellite configurations to meet the needs of future European Space Agency (ESA) projects. These companies are all poised to capitalise on stronger support for SBSP.
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Energy
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Here comes the Sun - space-based solar power in the spotlight
Royal Aeronautical Society
Could 24/7 solar power from orbit be the answer to the world's future energy challenges? KATE ARKLESS GRAY reports from the International ...
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Energy
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Collecting solar power directly from space: Are space solar farms a realistic solution?
France 24 / YouTube
To mark Earth Day, we take a look at the energy transition and how to better harness the power of the sun. Photovoltaic panels have been used ...
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Energy
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Solar energy beamed to Earth from Moon-made butterfly satellite 'cost competitive', space chiefs told
Recharge News
Butterfly-shaped satellites made on the Moon could one day beam “cost competitive” gigawatt-scale solar energy back to Earth, according to a futuristic study of space-based energy prepared for the European Space Agency (ESA).
The study by Swiss company Astrostrom initially proposes producing a kilometre-wide satellite that would be manufactured on the lunar surface before being launched into the Moon’s orbit.
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ESA SOLARIS in Brussels
LinkedIn: Solaris
Recent studies have repeatedly shown that Space-based Solar Power could be a a major driver of European space development in all the key capability areas that are considered as needed to level-up Europe to being a global space power. These include low-cost, high-cadence launch, high-power energy generation, very large-scale infrastructure development, robotic assembly/manufacturing, wireless power beaming, in-space transportation, servicing and recycling as well as 'workers in space' and the industrialisation of the Moon for the production and launch of Solar Power Satellite hardware.
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Energy
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First ever space-to-Earth solar power mission succeeds
The Independent / ESA Video
Video: ESA plans to explore space-based solar power through its Solaris program.
The Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD-1) project launched on 3 January last year with the goal of demonstrating the feasibility of one day harvesting the Sun’s energy and transmitting it wirelessly back to Earth on a commercial scale.
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ARTEMIS DELAYS AND ESA: CONNECTING THE DOTS
Space Watch Global
Recent ESA Solaris studies have clearly established the techno-economic connection between Artemis-driven Moon ISRU and a viable SBSP-driven space economy leveraging the Earth energy markets and the urgency to decarbonize.
While current consequences of Artemis accumulated delays appear manageable for NASA’s foreign partners, starting with ESA, that doesn’t mean they should be encouraged, leading to open-ended postponement of Artemis.
Furthermore, NASA to give up on SBSP because it requires too many rockets sends the message that the nation is not taking SBPS seriously (on the contrary of Japan, China, India, the UAE, the UK, and Europe) Both issues are linked, we need Artemis, and we need American leadership in SBSP.
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Energy
01-11-2024
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Space-Based Solar Power - video Dailymotion
AFP / Dailymotion / Stéphane Koguc & Jonathan Walter
Solar panels installed in space could operate almost without interruption, thanks to sunlight ten times more intense than on Earth, while avoiding ... Source: ESA
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Energy
01-03-2024
5.312
Out of this World: Why does Space (and the Moon) hold so much Potential for Energy?
Astrostrom.ch
In this discussion at the Dubai Futures Forum that took place during COP 28 in 2023, the space experts allude to the eventual use of lunar resources for the manufacture of Space Solar Power components to supply Earth with sustainable clean energy.
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Energy
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Astrostrom in Chongqing, China
Astrostrom.ch
At the invitation of China’s FutureSpace corporation, I was pleased to present the Greater Earth Lunar Power Station (GE⊕-LPS) at the MYLAKE Aerospace Information Industry International Ecosystem Event in Chongqing, China on November 21, 2023. The theme of the event was ‘One Starry Sky, One Shared Future’. This event attracted over 1,000 participants, including representatives from industry chains, domestic and international institutions, and government agencies, all converging to advance the aerospace information sector.
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Moon Power: Habitable station in Lunar Orbit
Leonard David: Inside Outer Space
Switzerland startup, the Astrostrom company, has designed a Greater Earth Lunar Power Station, or GE⊕-LPS for short. According to the European Space Agency (ESA), the study envisages a solar power satellite constructed mainly from lunar resources (including Moon-manufactured solar cells) that could deliver megawatts of microwave power down to receivers on the lunar surface, serving the needs of surface activities, including future crewed bases.
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Europe's COP 28 Climate Change Goals Should Include Space-Based Solar Power
Forbes
On the verge of the 2023 international climate change conference in Dubai, Europe is hard at work on completing a space-based solar power ... But, the European Space Agency —- is taking the idea seriously and has funded a feasibility study to put a constellation of space-based solar satellites in orbit by 2040.
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Financial Times: How to make space-based solar power a reality
Financial Times
“We fully expect it will be a big challenge — like nuclear or wind farms — to convince people to have this in their backyard,” says ESA’s Vijendran. “That may be the largest challenge of all.” Some projects propose attaching the receiving antenna to offshore wind farms, where grid connections already exist, to help to dampen public concerns. This has to be driven as an energy project that has a large space element,” says Vijendran. “We are trying to have [the energy sector] take it over as soon as possible.”
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Energy
10-10-2023
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With a tweet, America has joined the race to develop astroelectricity—hopefully!
The Space Review / Mike Snead
Both Japan and China seek an in-space substantial SSP demonstration in the coming years. The European Space Agency has created the Solaris project with similar goals. It is noteworthy that they recently sponsored a substantive study of a lunar SSP architecture undertaken by Astrostrom (German for astroelectricity).
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Energy
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La course vers les vastes ressources de la Lune s’accélère
Le Temps: Richard Etienne
L’eau pour faire de la Lune une rampe de lancement. Cette idée considérée par la NASA dans les années 1960 connaît une nouvelle jeunesse, dopée par l’évolution des technologies et de la robotique, mais aussi par la… crise énergétique actuelle, selon Arthur Woods, patron d’Astrostrom.
Cette société thurgovienne collabore avec l’Agence spatiale européenne (ESA) dans la mise en place de panneaux solaires dans l’espace. «Le plus grand obstacle au développement de tels panneaux solaires est leur lancement depuis la Terre car ces satellites sont très grands. Nous proposons de les lancer depuis la Lune, où ce serait plus simple, et d’utiliser des matériaux lunaires pour les créer», indique Arthur Woods.
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Astrostrom Releases Extensive Plan for Space-Based Power Built on Lunar Resources
SpaceRef
Swiss company Astrostrom GMBH, headed by astronautical artist and researcher Arthur R. Woods, has presented an ambitious and extensive plan to provide power from space. The company’s report, running a lengthy 269 pages, details its vision of a grand, decades-long project to create a constellation of satellites that would beam free renewable power to Earth, with solar cells and infrastructure materials largely mined and refined from lunar regolith. The report was written in response to a European Space Agency (ESA) research challenge Swiss company Astrostrom GMBH, headed by astronautical artist and researcher ..
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Energy
08-02-2023
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Space-Based Solar Power for a Moon Station
YouTube - Sabine Hossenfelder
A part of Sabine Hossenfelder's weekly science video blog, she mentions the Astrostrom Greater Earth Lunar Power Station project.
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Energy
08-09-2023
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Astrostrom entwickelt Konzept für Solarstrom aus dem Weltall
MIT Technology Review Deutschland
Das Schweizer Unternehmen Astrostrom hat den Gedanken vom Solarstrom aus dem Weltall für den Mond weitergesponnen – in einer von 2021 bis 2023 durchgeführten Studie mit Unterstützung der Europäischen Weltraumorganisation (ESA).
An der Raumstation befinden sich dem Plan zufolge V-förmige Solarpaneele, die sich an Schmetterlingsflügeln orientieren, allerdings als Helix konfiguriert sind (um möglichst dauerhaft Strom einzusammeln) und 61.350 Kilometer über dem Mond schweben sollen (Lagrange-Punkt zwischen Mond und Erde). Die Größe wäre mit einem Quadratkilometer gigantisch.
