Reflect Orbital
Reflect Orbital develops satellites designed to reflect sunlight onto Earth.
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Reflect Orbital raises $73.5M to beam sunlight from orbit (opens the original)
Reflect Orbital raises $73.5 million (opens the original)
American start-up plans to sell sunlight at night with help from India’s Skyroot Aerospace; a scientific study warns the glow could affect the night sky up to 30 kilometres from the target (opens the original)
Startup targets new pain point: nighttime | Investors Lab (opens the original)
Can sunlight be sold at night? US startup Reflect Orbital’s space mirror plan and how it will target India (opens the original)
US company plans to put giant mirrors in space to reflect sunlight and sell it to people at night (opens the original)
A Startup Wants to Put 50,000 Mirrors in Space. The Goal: Make Sunlight Available at Night. (opens the original)
Sunglasses at night (opens the original)
The next big subscription service could be sunlight. And it might cost $5,000 an hour (opens the original)
US Startup Wants To Sell Sunlight At Night, Taps Indian Firm For Ambitious Plan (opens the original)
Selling Sunlight After Dark: Reflect Orbital Partners With India’s Skyroot Aerospace (opens the original)
Reflect Orbital Wants 50,000 Space Mirrors [2026] (opens the original)
A Startup Wants to Put 50,000 Mirrors in Space. The Goal: Make Sunlight Available at Night. (opens the original)
In The Mailbox: 10.30.26 (Evening Edition) (opens the original)
California desert "lights" up at night: Why a US startup wants to put 50,000 mirrors in space? (opens the original)
Desert lit up by 'Sun' at night, locals later realise it was startup testing its tech | Reflect Orbital plans to charge $5,000/hour | Inshorts (opens the original)
Reflect Orbital books two dedicated launches with Skyroot Aerospace (opens the original)
Lions and Tigers and Harts (opens the original)
And all dark sky lovers clutch their pearls (opens the original)
In The Mailbox: 10.30.26 (Evening Edition) (opens the original)
California Town Experiences Nighttime Glare from Tech Startup's Sunlight Beaming Experiment (opens the original)
Scientists Are Pushing Back Against 'Blinding' Space Tech Recently Tested In California (opens the original)
Small California town hit with ‘sky glow’ as startup tests science fiction tech (opens the original)
A company wants to sell sunlight by using a giant mirror in space to reflect light anywhere on Earth, ordered through an app. What could possibly go wrong? (opens the original)
Space solar startup’s plan to beam sunlight at night called ‘idiotic’ by critics. Here’s why (opens the original)
Astronomers Protest Reflect Orbital’s Nighttime Sunlight Satellite Test (opens the original)
Unannounced Test by Controversial “Sunlight-as-a-Service” Space Startup Shocks Astronomers (opens the original)
Reflect Orbital tests artificial moonlight in California as scientists warn of a brighter night sky (opens the original)
Mysterious 'blinding lights' are leaving a small town absolutely baffled (opens the original)
The Download: Anthropic’s IPO, smarter power grids, and exercise pills (opens the original)
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