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Company gearing up to sell sunlight at night using orbiting mirrors

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 10, 2025
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Orbs and rainbows circling the sun in Nuremberg, 1580 (detail) (Public Domain)

A California startup wants to beam extra sunlight to Earth orbiting mirrors, but some are skeptical about whether the physics and economics add up.

Reflect Orbital plans to launch 57 small satellites into polar orbit, each equipped with 33-foot mylar mirrors designed to redirec…

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