News Summary

• Star Catcher, a startup based in Jacksonville, Florida, aims to provide solar power to satellites.
• The company is preparing to launch its prototype system aboard a SpaceX rocket this week.
• If it’s successful, it would be the first time lasers have beamed energy between two untethered objects in space.
• The idea of generating solar power in space goes back decades, but falling launch costs are making it more feasible to have orbital industries that will be able to provide such energy..