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They're Making Solar Panels... Work at Night. (youtu.be)

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Only evening hours actually, but pretty cool idea.

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[–] Willy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

seems like it could be used as a weapon. I'd be surprised if that flies. we would be like ants and they're the kids with a magnifying glass. it also would bring in net non sequesterable energy into the earths system.

[–] Starfighter@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No the observed power on the ground is on the order of mW/m².

Comparable to moonlight and so far no one has classified that as a weapon.

[–] Willy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

is that each mirror or when they work together?

[–] Starfighter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

That's for a single one but at tens of MW even a bunch of satellites isn't going to get solar panels to produce an appreciable amount of power.

This video goes into the details of what kind of performance we can expect from the constellation

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