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Reflect Orbital deploys orbital mirrors that redirect sunlight onto terrestrial solar farms during early morning and evening, extending their generation window.
ACTIVEReflect Orbital, based in Hawthorne, California, is building a constellation of satellites designed to reflect sunlight down to Earth for large-scale lighting and energy applications. In July 2026 the FCC authorized its Earendil-1 demonstration satellite.
Reflect Orbital is developing a constellation of lightweight orbital mirrors that reflect sunlight onto ground-based solar farms during periods when the sun is below the horizon or at low angles, effectively extending solar generation hours. By bouncing additional sunlight to existing solar infrastructure during dawn, dusk, and potentially nighttime, the company can increase the capacity factor of solar farms without requiring new panel installations. This approach is simpler and less expensive than space-based solar power generation, as it leverages existing terrestrial infrastructure.
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Constellation of lightweight orbital mirrors that redirect sunlight to terrestrial solar farms to extend generation hours.
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Compiled Oct 15, 2026 from 1 public record. Every figure links the record it comes from.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 15). Reflect Orbital: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/reflect-orbital
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Reflect Orbital: Company dossier." Data as of October 15, 2026. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/reflect-orbital.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_reflectorbital_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Reflect Orbital}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/reflect-orbital}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/reflect-orbital},
urldate = {2026-10-15},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-15; each fact links its primary source}
}