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Likely you'd need relay sats to beam the energy as microwave then down to the best groundstation location. This isn't an optimal solution I think since it would
by norea-armozel 11y ago
Likely you'd need relay sats to beam the energy as microwave then down to the best groundstation location. This isn't an optimal solution I think since it would require sats that could change their orbit to link up (even if you had them setup their initial orbits as a grid it still would require adjustments).
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoMaybe a ring of relay sats around the planet? With relatively infrequent changes in energy switching (as ground stations are built) a static setup could be formed. Then just modulate the beams (day/night demand flux). For the original plan, there's no actual requirement to steer the beam. A station isn't so large that one city couldn't consume the whole capacity. So still a reason to build the thing.