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Sunlight for Sale: Reflect Orbital Illumination Test

· Leonarddavid · Oct. 18, 2026, 4:07 p.m.

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Summary

Reflect Orbital is progressing towards its goal of deploying giant mirrors in space to reflect sunlight back to Earth after dark. They recently conducted a test in California to simulate how their satellites might illuminate areas at night.

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