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Enabling & Support 10/07/2023 39 views 1 likes Space-based solar power could provide Earth with clean and reliable energy, 24 hours a day. As part of its SOLARIS initiative, ESA is…

British tech companies and universities are to receive millions of pounds of investment to develop new technology that generates solar power from space.The rapidly emerging technology collects energy from the sun using solar…

When it comes to supplying energy for space exploration and settlements, commonly available solar cells made of silicon or gallium arsenide are still too heavy to be feasibly transported by rocket. To address this challenge, a wide variety…

Enabling & Support 17/04/2023 2065 views 41 likes ESA has signed contracts for two parallel concept studies for commercial-scale Space-Based Solar Power plants, representing a crucial step…

Researchers have developed a new way to produce and shape large, high-quality mirrors that are much thinner than the primary mirrors previously used for telescopes deployed in space. The resulting mirrors are flexible enough to be rolled up…

Bharti Enterprise-backed OneWeb is one step away from completing its constellation of over 600 low earth orbit satellites, paving the way to offer broadband internet services from space to every corner of the world.OneWeb, a company backed…

Artist’s impression of an SPS-ALPHA satellite operating in space. Credit: John Mankins Many space-based technologies are still looking for…

FP StaffJun 08, 2022 13:12:35 ISTAs great as ground-based solar panels are, occasional cloud cover means that the system often fails to operate at full efficiency. Moreover, areas which receive heavy rainfall all through the year, cannot…

A company behind plans for Tom Cruise to shoot a film in space has revealed it will launch the world's first movie studio in orbit in two years' time.UK-based Space Entertainment Enterprise (SEE) says the film and sports arena…

Enabling & Support 10/01/2022 39 views 2 likes We urgently need solutions to tackle climate change on Earth. Meanwhile, the space sector is working hard to make space exploration more…