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Tade0 on May 10, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: X-37b space plane’s microwave power beam experimen...

I see no indication that anything heavier could be powered via the method described in the article.

varjag on May 10, 2020 [–]

The beam is on the order of kilowatts.

Noone is going to deploy satellite network just to power some semi-gliders.

Tade0 on May 11, 2020 | [–]

But how efficiently can the drones receive such a beam?

I checked and the Zephyr S has a 5kg payload - not much, but enough for instrumentation. And they're making an even bigger one.

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