ItsAConspiracy t1_ixjyv61 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in China says it will use the Tiangong Space Station to test the transmission of space-based solar power to Earth. by lughnasadh
Yes but almost all SPS designs are microwave. If you use laser then you get blocked by clouds. A 2GW microwave transmitter in geostationary will give a footprint of several square miles. Birds could fly through the beam without harm.
Assuming you're using a phased-array transmitter, which is the only practical method, the only way to get even that much focus is to use a reference signal from the ground target.
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