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10Ghz from the article, and photo of the target appears to be 3 meters square
by engineer_22 5y ago
10Ghz from the article, and photo of the target appears to be 3 meters square
- scythe 5y agoThat means they're right at the Rayleigh length. You'd need a significantly wider beam or higher frequency to send power from orbit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayleigh_length https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayleigh_length
- DennisP 5y agoIn fact, SPS designs involve receivers measured in square kilometers. But they'd be mostly wire and would only contribute about 0.7 cents/kWh to the cost.