Space Solar wins £1.3m ARIA contract for stratospheric RF power beaming
21 FOMOOne of 18 R&D Creators in ARIA’s £70 m Enduring Atmospheric Platforms programme. Goal is to beam net 300 W continuous DC to a 20 kg payload at stratospheric altitude for at least a week. Technology scales the proven HARRIER retrodirective array to 5.8 GHz.
Why it matters
Near-term HAPS application provides revenue and technology maturation path while the larger CASSIOPeiA GEO system continues development.
The numbers
Coverage
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Electronics Weekly ·
Space Solar wins funding for stratospheric RF power beamingCoverage of the £1.3 m ARIA award confirming HARRIER as the world’s first 360-degree retrodirective phased array and the programme’s cost and power targets.
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Space Solar ·
Space Solar Wins £1.3m ARIA Contract to Help Power Enduring Stratospheric Flight Over BritainSpace Solar secured a £1.3 million ARIA research contract under the Enduring Atmospheric Platforms programme to develop RF power-beaming technology for high-altitude platforms (HAPS). Builds on HARRIER 360-degree retrodirective phased-array prototype tested at Queen’s University Belfast.
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One of 18 R&D Creators in ARIA’s £70 m Enduring Atmospheric Platforms programme. Goal is to beam net