Space-Based Solar Power - Factories in 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: 2024-03-03. Entries: 50

Name	Products & Services	Category	Service Type	Field	Status	Oneliner
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.
1000 Planets		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power	Space Solar Power	Dormant	1000 Planets' endeavours include: Orbital Maneuvering Vehicles, Reusable Launch Vehicles, Solar Energy Satellites.
Airbus		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Wireless Power Transfer	Concept	Space-based solar power program.
Alvior	Orbital Solar	Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming, Resources - Energy	Wireless Power Transfer	Dormant, Early stage	Orbital Solar - The ultimate renewable. A single solution to half of the climate emergency.
ARTEMIS Innovation		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Space Solar Power	Concept	Artemis Innovation provides strong experience and expertise in the general area of space systems and technology, and unique capabilities in the field of space solar power (a.k.a., "solar energy from space", or solar power satellites).
Arthur D. Little		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power	Space Solar Power	Concept	We link people, technology and strategy to find original and pragmatic ways to accelerate performance, innovate through convergence and digital, and make a positive impact on the world.
Astrostrom		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming, Space Elevator	Wireless Power Transfer, Mirrors	Development	Study on GE⊕ Lunar Power Station.
BEAM Co		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Wireless Power Transfer	Development	BEAM Co. offers advanced optical technologies and materials based on the expertise of its world-renowned founders and researchers in nonlinear- and electro-optics,lasers and photonics, liquid crystals, polymers, composites and complex materials.
Celestia Energy		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Space Solar Power, Wireless Power Transfer	Early stage	A UAE-based startup focusing on the commercialization of Laser Space-based Solar Power.
Emerald Telecommunications		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power	Wireless Power Transfer, Solar Sail	Concept
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.
EnergySpace Company		Space Utilities	Power Beaming, Space Solar Power	Wireless Power Transfer	Dormant, Early stage	Power beaming and space solar 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
Frazer-Nash Consultancy		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power	Space Solar Power	Concept
International Electric Company	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.
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.
Karman+		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Space Solar Power	Development	In space, for Earth. We want to build massive solar power plants using asteroid regolith.
KESE		Space Utilities, Miscellaneous	Resources - Energy, Power Beaming, Space Solar Power	Wireless Power Transfer, Space Solar Power	Concept	Orbital robotics and cubesat development/commercial UAS/UAV development.
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.
Metasat UK		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Wireless Power Transfer	Development	Metasat UK Ltd is an aerospace company founded in December 2020 which specialises in space-based solar power (SBSP) and space sustainability.
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.
OHB		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power	Space Solar Power	Concept
Orbital Genesis		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Space Solar Power	Early stage	Bringing space-based solar power to the edge.
Orbital Power Corporation		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Wireless Power Transfer	Dormant	Orbital Power Corporation is a pioneer in the effort to generate safe, clean, reliable energy from space. Solar energy is captured via satellites and sent wirelessly to receiving stations at various points around the globe.
ORiS - Orbital Recharge in Space		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming, Lunar Power Service, Resources - Energy	Wireless Power Transfer, Space Solar Power	Development	ORiS' vision is to push the progress of space exploration by transmitting power wirelessly everywhere, enabling missions with any energy demand.
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.
ParaLoon		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Mirrors, Inflatables	Development	ParaLoon aims to develop a groundbreaking solar energy solution specifically designed for satellites and other space assets, This novel space power collection system will use an inflatable parabolic balloon to do this.
PowerSat		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Wireless Power Transfer, Space Solar Power	Early stage, Dormant	In 2009, PowerSat said it has filed the application for a patent related to “BrightStar” satellites, which it envisages being coupled wirelessly in space to create large clusters of independent solar arrays that contribute to a single transmission beam.
ReBeam (Vrisva Space)		Space Utilities	Power Beaming, Space Solar Power	Wireless Power Transfer	Dormant, Idea	We are building the first Wireless Energy Network for grids using Satellites!
Reflect Orbital (Tons of Mirrors)		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.
ROVIAL	Breakthrough	Commercial Space Station, Space Utilities	In-Space Assembly, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Space Solar Power	Space Solar Power	Development	High-power Solar Space Platforms. Catapulting space-based power generation to the magnitude of megawatts.
Satellite Applications Catapult		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Robotic Arm, In-Space Assembly, Space Robotics	Space Solar Power	Concept	We are one of nine Catapults, uniquely established to transform the UK’s capability for innovation in specific areas and to help drive future economic growth. We help organisations make use of, and benefit from, satellite technologies, and bring together multi-disciplinary teams to generate ideas and solutions in an open innovation environment.
Shimizu Corporation	Luna Ring	Space Utilities, Miscellaneous	Resources - Energy, Power Beaming, Hardware	Wireless Power Transfer, Space Solar Power	Concept	U nveiled a proposal that entails building a solar panel array around the moon's equator, then sending the power it collects back to Earth, called LUNA RING.
Sirin Orbital Systems		Space Utilities, Raw Resources & Utilities	Power Beaming, Space Solar Power, Resources - Water	Wireless Power Transfer, Moon	Early stage
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 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.
Solaren		Raw Resources & Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Space Solar Power, Wireless Power Transfer	Development	Provide clean power for the planet. Design, develop, launch, and operate the world’s first Space Solar Power plants.
Solestial		Miscellaneous	Resources - Energy, Space Solar Power, Hardware	-	Concept, Development	A thin, flexible silicon cell with greater than 20% efficiency* that can self-cure radiation damage at normal operating temperatures.
Space Applications Services	Skybeam	In-Space Manufacturing	Space Solar Power, In-Space Assembly	-	Concept	Study for Skybeam: Assembly of a Space Solar Power system with European Technologies.
Space Energy		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Space Solar Power	Dormant
Space Island Group		Commercial Space Station	Commercial Space Station, Space Tug, Space Tourism Activities, Space Solar Power	-	Dormant	Dedicated to the development of commerce, research, manufacturing and tourism in space.
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 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.
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 Tourism Activities, Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	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	Dormant, Concept	Space Earth Energy Ecosystem project SEEE. Establish energy eco-system to support future space colonization.
SunCubes		Space Utilities	Resources - Energy, Power Beaming	Wireless Power Transfer, Space Solar Power	Development	SunCubes is revolutionizing energy transfer through a laser-based system for wireless, long-distance electrical transmission.
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.
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.
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.

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