{"id":578179,"date":"2023-06-10T21:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T18:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/scientists-just-sent-space-based-solar-power-back-to-earth-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2023-06-10T21:00:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T18:00:46","slug":"scientists-just-sent-space-based-solar-power-back-to-earth-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/scientists-just-sent-space-based-solar-power-back-to-earth-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Scientists Just Sent Space-Based Solar Power Back to Earth \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The California Institute of Technology<\/a> (Caltech) says for the first time, it successfully\u00a0beamed solar power<\/a> wirelessly from space back down to Earth. The team recently completed its first major test after launching a\u00a0space solar power prototype into orbit earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Caltech\u2019s Space Solar Power Project launched the\u00a0Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD-1) into orbit with the goal of harvesting space solar power, then transmitting it back to us Earthlings. This week it successfully finished its first power transfer experiment using the Microwave Array for Power-transfer Low-orbit Experiment (MAPLE) prototype aboard the SSPD-1.<\/p>\n

If that sounds wild, it\u2019s because it is. MAPLE captured solar power in space and shot it down to a receiver at Caltech\u2019s campus in Pasadena. The group outfitted a large receiver on the rooftop of its Gordan and Betty Moore Laboratory of Engineering for the job.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the experiments we have run so far, we received confirmation that MAPLE can transmit power successfully to receivers in space. We have also been able to program the array to direct its energy toward Earth, which we detected here at Caltech. We had, of course, tested it on Earth, but now we know that it can survive the trip<\/a> to space and operate there,\u201d<\/em> said team lead\u00a0Ali Hajimiri.<\/p>\n