Star Catcher Industries, a space energy company building an orbital power grid, has claimed a world record for wireless power transmission. According to the company, its result surpasses the previous benchmark set by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) earlier this year. Using an advanced suite of multi-wavelength lasers, the team delivered more than 1.1 kW of electrical power to commercial off-the-shelf solar panels at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility. The most recent record high was 800 W, which DARPA achieved in May. Star Catcher delivered more than 10 MJ of energy throughout its test campaign which saw the completion of optical power beaming tests at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to validate core technologies for its orbital energy grid, the Star Catcher Network. Star Catcher's power grid in space will beam concentrated solar energy directly to client satellites' existing solar panels, no retrofit required. Courtesy of Star Catcher Industries. Using space-based optical power beaming, the Star Catcher Network collects and concentrates sunlight in orbit, refines it into optimized wavelengths for spacecraft solar panels, and wirelessly transmits it to client satellites, allowing them to generate 2-10X more power, on-demand, with no retrofit required. During the demonstration, Star Catcher delivered 1-to-10 Suns of optical energy to multiple commercial off-the-shelf single- and triple-junction solar panels commonly used in space. The demonstration confirmed compatibility with standard spacecraft hardware, and validated the company's approach to “supercharge” satellites with significantly more power via highly concentrated beams of light. Star Catcher wirelessly transmitted a record-breaking amount of optical power to commercial off-the-shelf solar panels. Courtesy of Star Catcher Industries. Additionally, Star Catcher said it delivered power to several customer payloads representing key market segments such as space data centers, in-space manufacturing, and remote sensing. The systems operated on beamed power as customers conducted live experiments. Among the demonstrations, Star Catcher wirelessly transmitted energy to Intuitive Machines' Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) and recharged its onboard batteries, demonstrating the technology’s potential to expand the operational envelope of LTVs, enabling more science and continuous operations through the two-week lunar night and within permanently shadowed regions, according to the company. Star Catcher plans to launch its first on-orbit power beaming demonstration in 2026.