https://spacewatch.global/tag/professor-harry-atwater/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 19 Jan 2024 07:00:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/professor-harry-atwater/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/01/caltech-successfully-concludes-sspd-1mission/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 07:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53268 Caltech's Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD-1) has reached its end, having successfully demonstrated the ability to beam power wirelessly in space. The mission also measured the efficiency, durability, and function of various types of solar cells in space; and gave a real-world trial of the design of a lightweight deployable structure to deliver and hold the aforementioned solar cells and power transmitters.]]>