This space startup wants to launch a ‘power grid’ into orbit

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Amid the race to put data centers into space, the CEO of Star Catcher Industries said it plans to launch a network of spacecraft that can beam concentrated solar power to other satellites.

A rendering of a Star Catcher spacecraft using lenses to collect and concentrate sunlight in orbit. A refined beam would then be transmitted to client satellites. Star Catcher Industries

June 8, 2026, 1:04 PM EDT

By Denise Chow

ANAHEIM, Calif. — It’s a lofty goal: Build the first “energy grid” in space to beam power to satellites, and even to future data centers in orbit, if companies like Elon Musk’s SpaceX succeed in deploying them.

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