Japan’s space agency JAXA planning space-based solar power arrays
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The Japanies space agency JAXA is planning on space-based solar power arrays. The agency is going far on its latest project which will provide power to the Earth. The agency is going to start testing microwave power transmission system on February 20th. with an attempt to beam enough power over the 2.4GHz band to power a household heater at 50 meters (164 feet). Now, if the test was completed successfully; JAXA’s plan is to eventually launch a constellation of solar satellites, each beaming power to a 1.8-mile wide receiving station that’ll produce 1 gigawatt of electricity and power 500,000 homes.
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