Star Catcher

Beaming solar energy to spacecraft in low-Earth orbit.

Created: 2024-07-24

Updated: 2024-07-27

Company - Star Catcher

Founded
Country: 2024; USA

Funding: $12.25M+

Website: https://star-catcher.com/

Social

Product/Service - Star Catcher Network

Classification: Space Utilities

Category: Space Solar Power

Fields: Space Solar Power
Wireless Power Transfer

Status: Development

First launch: 2025

Star Catcher is creating the first energy grid for space. Our orbital infrastructure will transform how satellites are powered. Spacecraft connect to the network and receive energy via existing solar arrays, requiring no retrofit to utilize. Power will be provided on a pay-as-you-go model with Star Catcher owning and operating a network of power satellites to provide energy to spacecraft anywhere in Low Earth Orbit.

Star Catcher plans to deliver broad solar spectrum energy on demand to each client spacecraft’s solar arrays. The Star Catcher space-based energy grid is designed to provide spacecraft with five-to-10 times the amount of power they generate on their own.

An initial ground-based demonstration will “show the end-to-end system functioning,” Rush said. In December 2025, Star Catcher plans to demonstrate a sub-scale version of its power nodes in orbit.

Potential applications for Star Catcher’s solar energy delivery service include synthetic aperture radar satellites and direct-to-device communications constellations.

News, Research, Projects and Patents

Title	Type	Date	Summary
T+281: Star Catcher (with Andrew Rush, President & CEO)	Podcast	2024-07-24

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