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"J. Clarke" wrote:

Two major benefits of orbital solar are that it doesn't have to deal
with the day/night cycle and it can put the power where it's needed--NYC
needs a lot more power than does Flagstaff, Arizona, but has a lot less
convenient desert.

Space based power sats will have to be in a very high orbit. I am
thinking Van Allen belts.
Otherwise the power sat will be passing over head about every 90
minutes ;-(

O'Neil suggested they be in geostationary orbits. That's above the
belts, right?