I agree we won't be powering individual vehicles from orbit, but geostationary satellites don't go in shadow for most of the year. The reason is that the Earth'

I agree we won't be powering individual vehicles from orbit, but geostationary satellites don't go in shadow for most of the year. The reason is that the Earth's axis is tilted with respect to its orbit around the sun. The only times the satellite is shadowed are around the equinoxes, for a total of 88 days per year with most of those days only shadowed a few minutes, and a maximum of 72 minutes on the equinoxes. https://www.viasat.com/about/newsroom/blog/how-satellites-are-affected-by-the-spring-and-autumn-equinoxes/ https://www.viasat.com/about/newsroom/blog/how-satellites-ar...