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Caltech launches solar power prototype into space

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The 110lb SSPD prototype was launched into space on the Transporter-6 mission, which lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday 3 January 2023. . The first one is known as DOLCE (Deployable on-Orbit ultraLight Composite Experiment). The demonstrator is part of the Caltech Space Solar Power Project (SSPP).

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Caltech team achieve wireless energy transfer in space

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Ali Hajimiri Image credit: Ali Hajimiri The space solar power prototype, known as Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD), was launched into orbit on the Transporter-6 mission, which lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday 3 January 2023. The first one is known as DOLCE (Deployable on-Orbit ultraLight Composite Experiment).

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Averting Armageddon: the mission that knocked an asteroid off course

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It will also measure the mineral composition of Dimorphos. Milani will scan its mineral composition using a hyperspectral imager. Hera is a prototype and all the equipment has been put together for the first time, so there are a lot of issues,” says Carnelli. You will see some very strange dynamics once we get there.”