A small CubeSat floating in black space, its top solar panel lit by a narrow violet-magenta beam of light that makes the cells glow.

A Spacecraft Will Try to Power Another With Nothing but Light

Cable-free, finally. Star Catcher Industries, a US company founded in 2024, is preparing a prototype called Protostar for what it bills as a first: wireless power transfer between two spacecraft in orbit. According to Interesting Engineering, it launches in October 2026 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-18 mission. Continuer de lire A Spacecraft Will Try to Power Another With Nothing but Light