Comment on They're Making Solar Panels... Work at Night.
Starfighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months agoNo 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.
Comment on They're Making Solar Panels... Work at Night.
Starfighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months agoNo 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.
Willy@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
is that each mirror or when they work together?
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