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Opportunities and Challenges for Space Solar for Remote Installations

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• CLM-0230 A 2019 US study warns that large solar power satellites could be more at risk as more countries build anti-satellite weapons, and suggests using many small satellites instead of one big one to reduce that risk.
• CLM-0232 Some of the radio frequencies being considered for beaming power down from space are the same frequencies already used by military airfield equipment worldwide, which makes it harder to pick a site.
• CLM-1475 (low confidence) Some writers point out that a power satellite is not tied to one receiver: in principle it could beam to a different site, for example if a military base moved. No study held here tests this or uses it to cover a receiver that is out of action.

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