Our Mission: To create the landscape and conditions for commercial Space Solar Power technology by the U.S. to become successful and self-sustaining.

Space Frontier Foundation Updates

• H.R. 1368, the NASA DOE Interagency Coordination Bill, passed the House last week. The bill includes language on space solar power, which the Space Frontier Foundation directly helped introduce: "(G) Ground- and space-based technology necessary for the transmission to the Earth’s surface of solar energy collected in space." The bill has been received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
• SFF energy experts Leet Wood and Alex Gilbert were recently featured on a POWER magazine podcast with Aaron Larson to discuss SSP. They shared their insights on how SSP could serve as a baseload power source and the challenges needed to be overcome to implement SSP.

Notable News

• Sanjay Vijendran, former lead of SOLARIS (ESA's SSP initiative), has now launched a consulting firm Space Energy Insights, which provides independent and objective advisory and analytical services related to space energy.
• Aetherflux has raised $50 million in Series A funding from the Department of Defense, bringing their total funding up to $60 million. Recently, they were included in the Andreessen Horowitz's American Dynamism 50, a list of companies working to strengthen our national security.
• Space Solar has recently announced a partnership with the space propulsion company Magdrive, and they plan to collaborate on in-orbit assembly of SSP satellites. Their joint partnership is called Space Propulsion & Infrastructure Innovation Initiative, further advancing Space Solar towards their proposed 30 MW SSP satellite in 2030. In addition, Space Solar was recognized as the top startup of 2024 by Orbital Today.  
• Star Catcher has successfully tested end-to-end power beaming technology over 100 meters at the EverBank stadium in Jacksonville, with plans for a large-scale test this summer. They also announced a Strategic Partnership with Space Florida to advance the world’s First Space Energy Grid.
• Japan's new energy policy emphasizes a commitment to space solar power development. Japan Space Systems and JAXA have been making progress with SSP and are planning the launch of an in-space demo, OHISAMA. Watch the documentary of their 2024 long range wireless power transfer here.
• The company AstroStorm has announced plans for a demonstrator (SOS ELEO) that will be launched on an Ariane rocket, beaming 1 MW of power to countries in Asia and Africa.
• The company Space Power has recently secured a patent for their Multijunction Beaming technology, which can transmit power to any kind of solar power, with a primary focus on satellites currently in orbit.

Outsiders' Perspectives

• Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, highlights both early SSP efforts and modern-day demonstrations and endeavors, such as Reach Power, EMROD, and JAXA. He uses these successes to illustrate that SSP's technology has been developed to the point that it is very much real and possible in the near future.

Experts and Advocates on SBSP

• Baiju Bhatt, Aetherflux co-founder, joined the show First Principles to discuss Aetherflux, challenges in developing SSP, applications, and how SSP fulfills an energy necessity.
• The Space Solar Power panel chaired by Karen Jones (The Aerospace Corporation) with panelists Ed Tate (Virtus Solis), Paul Jaffe (DARPA) and Martin Soltau (Space Solar – UK) at Satellite 2025 discussed the benefits of clean dispatchable baseload power to achieve global energy security and technology developments on the near-term horizon such as space-to-space applications for satellite refueling, power beaming technology, and a range of adjacent industries that are working to raise the readiness levels of key components. 
• At SatShow, Martin Soltau, Ed Tate, and Declan Ganley discuss new opportunities for Europe under the recent Trump administration tariffs and funding cuts. 
• Narthana Arumugam, space policy researcher, writes about how SSP development is becoming a geopolitical struggle and how the United Nations can serve as a unifying force, ensuring the benefits of SSP reach all people. She has also published a paper on the “The economics of Space-Based Solar Power and its impact on climate change” in the Xposition journal.

Myth: Space Solar Power (SSP) is just a space sector undertaking.

Fact: SSP is often mistaken as a project solely for the space sector, but in reality, it is an energy sector initiative aimed at providing a continuous, reliable energy source for global consumers, such as utility companies, data centers, and remote areas without access to traditional power grids. SSP offers a sustainable solution for peak power demands and can deliver energy to locations where conventional infrastructure cannot reach. For SSP to succeed, it requires substantial investment and collaboration from the energy sector, not just space organizations. This energy solution has the potential to transform how we generate and distribute power.