PowerSat Files Patent That Accelerates Viability Of Space Solar Powe

Did you know this already?
http://www.powersat.com/patent_release.html
First, they plan to send very small SPS to low orbit:
"PowerSat Corporations first patented technology, BrightStar, allows individual powersats to form a wireless power transmission beam without being physically connected to each other. This electronic coupling, conceptually similar to cloud computing, effectively eliminates the need to handle large (gigawatt) levels of power in a single spacecraft. Because of BrightStar, one transmission beam may now come from hundreds of smaller powersats. Another advantage of Brightstar is increased reliability. If any of the individual component satellites fail they can be easily replaced without significantly affecting the performance of the system, thus establishing much greater reliability." Second, using some kind of "electronic thrusters" (ion propulsion?) they are able to deploy the micro satellites in low orbit and allow them to reach high orbit all by themselves:
"The other technology being patented by PowerSat, Solar Power Orbital Transfer (SPOT) propels a spacecraft to an optimal, Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) using electronic thrusters that are powered by the same solar array that is eventually used for wireless power transmission. Until now, all satellites have had to use chemical propulsion or a chemically fueled space tug to move from Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which is 300-1,000 miles in altitude to GEO, which is 22,236 miles in altitude."
They also say:
"which enable the reduction of launch and operation costs by roughly $1 billion for a 2,500 megawatt (MW) power station."
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