Submitted by PhyneasPhysicsPhrog t3_zt4amj in space
oalfonso t1_j1czatf wrote
Can it work during night to avoid having batteries as backup of solar power? Collect energy in the sunny side, send it to the dark side and from there to the earth.
ChefExellence t1_j1f66mb wrote
> Collect energy in the sunny side, send it to the dark side and from there to the earth.
This part isn't necessary, the satellite simply has to be placed in a higher orbit so that it spends very little time in the shade. Of course, now you need to transmit the energy over a greater distance, but you probably want to keep your power satellites in a geostationary orbit anyway so you don't need to keep switching between multiple power satellites
DeathGamer99 t1_j1deywn wrote
Need satellite to satellite transfers for that, because sending energy from halfway of sunny side using atmosphere is not feasible as most of the energy will dissipate because much longer atmosphere pass through. Even then satellite to satellite transfers need to be super efficient because you don't want to cook the satellite receiver.
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