This is a selection of videos made in the framework of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) open call “Clean Energy from Space” [ESA, OSIP, 2020] which sought novel ideas related to SBSP systems. My company Astrostrom GmbH was awarded a contract to investigate the feasibility of a “Greater Earth Lunar Power Station (GE⊕-LPS)” manufactured on the Moon and assembled at the Earth-Moon Lagrange Point 1 (EM-L1) to provide power from lunar orbit to operations on the surface of the Moon. Once the initial station is in operation, the production facilities on the lunar surface encompassing beneficiation, processing, and fabrication could then be rapidly scaled-up to produce additional Solar Power Satellites (SPS) to be shipped into Earth orbits to deliver clean, baseload, solar-generated microwave energy to Earth. The results of this study were published by ESA in May 2023.
Astrostrom YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Astrostrom
Greater Earth Energy Synergies
Astrostrom 2023 (3:32)
Can you think of a better reason to go to the Moon?
This video montage was presented at the Luxembourg Space Resources Week 2023 and shows an overview of the GE⊕-LPS study.
Monograin Layer Photovoltaics Produced from Lunar Regolith
Astrostrom / TalTech 2024 (6:08)
Video produced for the 2024 Luxembourg Space Resources Week: 25-27 March, 2024. Co-production by Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia and Astrostrom GmbH, Switzerland
Up and Down the Cisluar Transportation System
Astrostrom 2023 (5:23)
This video shows Lunar Space Elevator Base Station, the Lunar Landing Gantry and the Robotic Assembly of the GE⊕-LPS in Lunar Orbit
Mining the Moon
Astrostrom 2023 (2:46)
This video shows the Beneficiation, Processing, Fabrication and Transportation of the components for the Greater Earth Lunar Power Station.
Here to Stay
Astrostrom 2023 (5:08)
This video shows our vision of arriving on the Moon, deploying a mobile solar power system, commencing mining operations and protecting the habitat from radiation.
Greater Earth Lunar Space Elevator
Astrostrom 2023 (2:16)
This video shows the main component of the Cislunar Transportation System.
The Space Option Star in ELEO
Astrostrom (3.22)
The Space Option Star is Gravity Gradient Stabilized Planar Phased-Array Solar Power Satellite which will be an early demonstration of Space Solar Power and a powerful communication event to alert the world population and their leaders about the Space Energy Option as a feasible near-term solution to the energy and climate crises on Earth.
A PPP for SBSP
Astrostrom (3.37)
Astrostrom is proposing the creation of a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to enable development of Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP).
Space Solar Power For Switzerland
Astrostrom (4.44)
This video addresses Switzerland’s energy security and climate goals. Three Solar Power Satellites could supply the same amount of electricity as does nuclear power today. Six Solar power Satellites could make Switzerland energy independent by 2050. Video based on the research carried out by Astrostrom GmbH. Lunar space power technology developed under ESA contract ESA STAR 2-1789/21/NL/GLC/OV – GEO-LPS in collaboration with Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia The Space option Star (SOS) in ELEO concept developed in cooperation with ETH Zürich Space Masters Program 2024
SOLARIS
SOLARIS ESA / Astrostrom: August 16, 2022 (3:15)
This video was produced by Astrostrom GmbH for the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2022 to announce the ESA ‘SOLARIS’ initiative.
