Star Catcher Industries Announces Plans for Orbital Solar Power Beaming Network
The company aims to create the first energy grid in orbit, supplying power to satellites and potentially future data centers. CEO outlined the plan on June 8, 2026.
ventureburn.comStar Catcher Industries plans to launch a network of spacecraft that can beam concentrated solar power to other satellites. The CEO of Star Catcher Industries said the company will use lenses on its spacecraft to collect and concentrate sunlight in orbit. A refined beam would then be transmitted to client satellites.
The goal is to build the first “energy grid” in space to beam power to satellites, according to NBC News reporting from Anaheim, Calif. The same plan envisions supplying power to future data centers in orbit. Elon Musk’s SpaceX is working on deploying data centers in orbit, NBC News reported on June 8, 2026, at 1:04 PM EDT.
A rendering of a Star Catcher spacecraft shows the lenses that would collect sunlight and the transmission system for the refined beam.
