Comment on They're Making Solar Panels... Work at Night.

Willy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Starfighter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No the observed power on the ground is on the order of mW/m².

  Comparable to moonlight and so far no one has classified that as a weapon.

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  • Willy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    is that each mirror or when they work together?

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    • Starfighter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s for a single one but at tens of MW even a bunch of satellites isn’t going to get solar panels to produce an appreciable amount of power.

      This video goes into the details of what kind of performance we can expect from the constellation

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