A single 93km solar array in orbit would generate... as much electricity as every country on earth combined. The future of industry is in orbit.show more

STARLINK IS RUNNING EARTH’S LARGEST SERVER… IN ORBIT While... everyone else is bragging about data centers on the ground, SpaceX quietly put 9,000 solar-powered computers in space and called it a constellation! Orbital Math: •⁠ ⁠Starlink sits at over 9,000+ active satellites after the latest batch •⁠ ⁠The entire rest of Earth manages roughly 3,000 to 4,000 combined •⁠ ⁠Each Starlink unit is a solar-powered network node with onboard compute •⁠ ⁠SpaceX now operates around 75 % of all active satellites in orbit At this rate Earth’s “space industry” is basically Starlink plus supporting characters! Source: Grokshow more

The future of data centers is in orbit.

This video captures 90 minutes of exposure time of... our night sky and star trails, representing a full orbit in low-Earth orbit—the future home of Haven-1.show more

SpaceX is becoming one of the biggest solar-power operators... in space. Gen 1 Starlink: ~10 MW in orbit. Gen 2: ~100 MW. Gen 3: targeting ~1,000 MW. That's roughly a 10x jump every satellite generation. Most people think of Starlink as an internet network. Meanwhile, thousands of satellites are turning orbit into a rapidly growing solar-power grid. SpaceX Starlinkshow more

Here’s what it would look like if Nancy Mace’s... head was much larger and in orbit around the Earthshow more

When people see visualizations of satellites in orbit they... get scared because it looks crowded. So here is a visualization of what it looks like with accurate satellite sizes:show more

AI companies are fighting over land, electricity, and cooling... water on the ground. SpaceX is planning to skip the ground. Elon has something different in mind. Starmind. AI compute in orbit. Solar-powered satellites. Laser links. Racks of chips. A giant brain above Earth. Everyone else is building bigger data centers. SpaceX is planning to launch one. SpaceX / Writer: Annette, Designer: Jannéshow more

The Kessler effect is a hypothetical phenomenon that entails... close and intense interactions among fragments of space debris. A single large fragment could trigger a cascade of events that would put every spacecraft in orbit at risk.show more

#ISRO's Aditya L1 shall be the first space-based Indian... mission to study the Sun. The spacecraft shall be placed in a halo orbit around the L1 of the Sun-Earth system,A satellite placed in the halo orbit around the L1 point has major advantage [📹 JWST Halo orbit around L2]show more

I spy with my little lander, a Moon in... the distance. Check out Blue Ghost's amazing view of Earth eclipsing the Moon as the lander travels on orbit. Our #GhostRiders can't wait to share more postcard worthy moments as we continue on our roadtrip. #BGM1show more

Starlink consists now of over 6,000 satellites in low... Earth orbit, the largest-ever satellite constellation.show more

🇺🇸Orion is currently in a high Earth orbit, roughly... 184 times higher than the International Space Station, as it prepares for the critical trans-lunar injection burn that will send it on its path toward the Moon.show more

China's Shenzhou 16 spacecraft has arrived in orbit after... separating from its Long March 2F launcher. This launch set a new record for human spaceflight, with 17 people now in Earth orbit on three different spacecraft, surpassing the previous mark of 14.show more

China is semi-automating solar panel installation, using smart robots.... This is just one contributing technology which has helped China install as much solar generating capacity as the rest of the world COMBINED.show more

🚨 CHINA IS RACING TO BUILD A SPACE SOLAR... POWER PLANT THAT COULD BEAM ELECTRICITY FROM ORBIT TO EARTH. Scientists at Xidian University have successfully tested a ground-based system that can wirelessly transmit kilowatt-level power over 100 meters using microwaves. Their ultimate goal is far more ambitious: placing large solar power stations in geostationary orbit (36,000 km up), where sunlight is available 24/7 with no weather or atmosphere blocking it. The project, called Zhuri (“chasing the sun”), uses mirrors to concentrate sunlight onto solar panels, converts the electricity into microwaves, and beams it down to a receiving antenna (rectenna) on Earth. Why this matters: • In space, solar energy is up to 6 times more efficient than on Earth because there’s no night, clouds, or atmospheric filtering • A single large space solar station could theoretically generate gigawatts of continuous clean power enough for millions of homes • The team has already proven the system can beam power to multiple moving targets at once • China is now among the world leaders in this technology, alongside the US and Japan The deeper implication: Space-based solar power has been a dream for decades because it could provide truly baseload renewable energy. While the technical and financial challenges are enormous (building massive structures in orbit, precise microwave beaming, and safety), steady progress like this brings the concept closer to reality. If successful, it could fundamentally change how humanity generates and distributes energy moving power collection off the planet entirely. Near-term applications could include wirelessly charging satellites or powering future lunar bases. Do you think space-based solar power will become a major energy source in the coming decades, or will it stay too expensive and complex? Follow for more frontier energy and space technology developments.show more