Space-Based Solar PowerElectricity from space

Extracted subset of space-based solar power companies, which are otherwise listed under Space Utilities and Miscellaneous. There is overlap with Power Beaming and Wireless Power Transfer.

Last updated: 2023-03-12. Entries: 29

Name Products & Services Category Service Type Field Status Oneliner Photo Logo
3K SpaceTech X-Charge Space Utilities Resources - Energy,
Power Beaming,
Space Solar Power,
In-Orbit Data Storage,
In-Orbit Computing
Wireless Power Transfer,
Edge Computing
Early stage

Our company strives to create a network of power supply stations throughout the solar system, as well as provide the ability to obtain energy on any satellite or planet.

3K SpaceTech
Airbus Space Utilities Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Wireless Power Transfer Concept

Space-based solar power program.

Airbus
Alvior Orbital Solar Space Utilities Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming,
Resources - Energy
Wireless Power Transfer Early stage

Orbital Solar - The ultimate renewable. A single solution to half of the climate emergency.

Alvior
Emrod Space Utilities,
Raw Resources & Utilities
Power Beaming,
Resources - Energy,
Space Solar Power
Wireless Power Transfer Development

Emrod is opening up the world’s access to power by using power beaming technology to enable long range wireless energy transfer that is safe, reliable and cost effective.

Emrod Emrod
EnergySpace Company Space Utilities Power Beaming,
Space Solar Power
Wireless Power Transfer Early stage

Power beaming and space solar company.

EnergySpace Company
Entropy Research and Development Space Utilities Power Beaming,
Resources - Energy,
Space Solar Power
Wireless Power Transfer Dormant, Early stage

Building a constellation of spacecraft for wireless power transmission among satellites

Entropy Research and Development
Extraterrestrial Power Raw Resources & Utilities,
Space Utilities
Resources - Energy,
Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming,
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)
Wireless Power Transfer,
Moon
Concept

Electricity provider of the solar system. Enabling humanity's future venturing into the solar system is in our DNA. Available Lunar electricity is going to be the key enabler.

Extraterrestrial Power
International Electric Company (IECL) CASSIOPeiA Space Utilities Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Space Solar Power,
Large Space Structures
Concept

CASSIOPeiA (Constant Aperture, Solid-State, Integrated, Orbital Phased Array) can be launched onto various orbits to collect sunlight and efficiently convert it to a safe beam of microwaves, directed to a terrestrial rectifying antenna ('Rectenna'), feeding into the local power grid.

International Electric Company International Electric Company (IECL)
Japan Space Systems Space Utilities Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Wireless Power Transfer,
Space Solar Power
Development

Researching space-based solar power since about 2000. Designed a reference architecture and has performed microwave power beaming demonstrations.

Japan Space Systems Japan Space Systems
Litepulse Space Utilities,
Raw Resources & Utilities
Power Beaming,
Resources - Energy,
Lunar Electric Grid,
Space Solar Power
Wireless Power Transfer Early stage

We're building a remote power grid in space to help propel expansion in the LEO to Cis-Lunar Space. Providing The Power Needed For The Next Generation of Space Assets.

Northrop Grumman Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research (SSPIDR) Space Utilities Space Solar Power,
Resources - Energy
Space Solar Power,
Wireless Power Transfer
Development

Northrop Grumman has completed ground-based tests to demonstrate critical technology required for a 2025 demonstration of space-based solar power.

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman
Overview Energy Space Utilities Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Space Solar Power,
Wireless Power Transfer
Development

Overview Energy is a VC-backed aerospace startup based in the DC Area. We’re solving fundamental problems in aerospace manufacturing, GNC, and space power systems and will be building a constellation of large, deployable satellites.

Overview Energy
Paraloon Space Utilities Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Mirrors,
Inflatables
Early stage

Electrifying Earth, air and orbit.

Paraloon
Skycorp Orbital Logistics Vehicle (OLV) Space Tug,
In-Space Manufacturing
In-Space Manufacturing,
In-Space Assembly,
Space Tug,
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Power Beaming,
Space Solar Power
Large Space Structures,
Reusable,
In-Space Transportation,
Wireless Power Transfer
Development

Skycorp's mission is to fundamentally transform the spacecraft industry, utilizing orbital assembly process, electric propulsion, and modular construction, to create applications unthinkable before.

Skycorp Skycorp
Solar Space Technologies SPS-ALPHA Raw Resources & Utilities Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Space Solar Power,
Wireless Power Transfer
Early stage

Planning to deliver a solar power satellite into geostationary orbit to supply baseload energy to the Australian grid by 2027.

Solar Space Technologies Solar Space Technologies
Solar System Resources Corporation ISRU, Raw Materials & Asteroid Mining Resources - Asteroid Mining,
Space Solar Power
Helium-3,
Mining,
Prospecting
Early stage

Solar Systems Resources Corporation is a space mining company that conducts localization, in-situ verification, and mining of space resources.

Solar System Resources Corporation
Solaren Raw Resources & Utilities Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Space Solar Power,
Wireless Power Transfer
Early stage

Provide clean power for the planet. Design, develop, launch, and operate the world’s first Space Solar Power plants.

Solaren
Solestial Miscellaneous Resources - Energy,
Space Solar Power,
Hardware
- Development

A thin, flexible silicon cell with greater than 20% efficiency* that can self-cure radiation damage at normal operating temperatures.

Solestial Solestial
Source Energy Company Space Utilities Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Wireless Power Transfer Early stage

The Energy Company in Space.

Source Energy Company
Space Applications Services Skybeam In-Space Manufacturing In-Space Assembly,
Space Solar Power
- Concept

Study for Skybeam: Assembly of a Space Solar Power system with European Technologies.

Space Applications Services
Space Power Space Utilities Resources - Energy,
Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Wireless Power Transfer Development

Provide power supply in orbit and recharge satellites during periodic eclipse.

Space Power Space Power
Space Solar CASSIOPeiA Space Utilities Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Wireless Power Transfer Development

Delivering a revolutionary vision to enable Net Zero and global energy security with Space-Based Solar Power.

Space Solar Space Solar
Spacefaring Services Space Utilities Resources - Energy,
Power Beaming
Wireless Power Transfer,
Space Solar Power
Dormant

Space-to-space & Space-to-surface power beaming technology.

Spacians Raw Resources & Utilities,
Space Tourism
Space Solar Power,
Space Tourism Activities
Wireless Power Transfer,
Space Solar Power
Dormant, Early stage

Ultimate goal of enabling people to Tour Space through affordable Space Tourism.

Stellarion Energy (STELLA) Project SEEE Space Utilities Resources - Energy,
Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Moon,
Wireless Power Transfer
Concept

Space Earth Energy Ecosystem project SEEE. Establish energy eco-system to support future space colonization. 

Stellarion Energy Stellarion Energy  (STELLA)
Thales Alenia Space Receiv'Air Space Utilities Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Wireless Power Transfer Concept

Study for Receiv'Air - Bypassing of atmospheric attenuation for SPS with airborne receiver.

Thales Alenia Space
Tons of Mirrors (TOM) Space Utilities,
Miscellaneous
Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Wireless Power Transfer,
Mirrors
Early stage

Tons of Mirrors is using satellite-mounted reflective surfaces to redirect sunlight to earthbound solar panels at night.

Tons of Mirrors (TOM)
Virtus Solis Raw Resources & Utilities Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming,
Resources - Energy
Space Solar Power,
Wireless Power Transfer
Development

​Virtus Solis is the world's first space-based solar power energy generation system able to directly compete with conventional and renewable energy sources with none of the drawbacks.

Virtus Solis Virtus Solis
XISP (Xtraordinary Innovative Space Partnerships) Raw Resources & Utilities Resources - Energy,
Power Beaming
Wireless Power Transfer,
Space Solar Power
Dormant, Early stage

Space-to-space and space-to-Near Earth Object (NEO) surface power beaming technology (a.k.a. Space Based Solar Power (SBSP)) can be readily matured to support both mission enhancing and mission enabling applications.

XISP (Xtraordinary Innovative Space Partnerships)