Star Catcher’s technology is designed to use Fresnel lenses to collect and concentrate sunlight.
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Startup Star Catcher Industries plans to demonstrate an orbital optical power beam before year’s end to prove it can redirect concentrated sunlight to client satellites’ solar panels. The company said on May 12 that it had raised a $65 million Series A round to help fund the demonstration and...
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