“They’re Calling It Starlink on Steroids”: Former Google CEO’s Secret Satellite Project Could Eclipse Musk’s Entire Space Network

Illustration of Eric Schmidt's vision for space-based data centers and Relativity Space's role in revolutionizing energy demands, generated by artificial intelligence. By Eirwen Williams, Published by Energy Reporters, 14 July 2025 Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, has taken the helm at Relativity Space, investing in its revolutionary vision to

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Next step for AFRL’s space-based solar power quest: energy beaming

By Theresa Hitchens,Published by Breaking Defense, 26 May 2022 SSPIDR consists of several small-scale flight experiments that will mature technology needed to build a prototype solar power distribution system. WASHINGTON: Northrop Grumman is nearing the next ground test of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s far-out space-based solar power project, including

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Space-based solar power beaming (AFRL graphic)

Space was the place, including for starry-eyed optimism: 5 Stories From 2021

By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 27 December 2021 Among all the space action over the past year, AFRL's push to expand military space operations to cislunar space — the vast volume of space between the Earth's outer orbit and that of the Moon — and beyond has been

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