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Volta Space Technologies unveils plans for lunar power satellite network

A startup has unveiled plans to develop a network of satellites around the moon to provide power to spacecraft on the lunar surface.

Volta Space Technologies, headquartered in Montréal and with offices in the United States, revealed plans Oct. 10 for satellites that would collect power and transmit it via lasers to spacecraft on the lunar surface, helping them survive the two-week lunar night or operate in permanently shadowed craters at the lunar poles.

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