The Lunar War - Space-Based Solar Power

A european Icarus-class SSPS in GEO.

Close-up of the Transmitter, showing the individual modules, one of the solar wings is visible in the distance.

A European Astronaut, operating from an Altaïr-class Frigate, inspects a faulty power routing on one of the Solar collection modules.

A distant shot of the same setup as the previous image, showing the scale. The frigate is 70m long.

An Altaïr-class Frigate assigned to the defense of the station lurks in the shade of the collection wings.

An american Monolith-class SSPS, with the reflector antenna of the first generation design visible in the far edge.

A close-up of the reflector antenna of a first generation Monolith, with a SpaceX Starship for scale.

One of the Ion arrays on the corners of the structure, used for attitude control and orbital adjustments. The small green speck on the panel is a human-sized mannekin.

A Shepard-class Warship passing near the antenna of a second generation Monolith. This antenna is more complex and expensive to make, but doesn't need to reflect the microwaves, so it is much more efficient.

Another view of the Gen 2 Antenna, with the Moon in the background.

An astronaut working in EVA on one of the printing stations for the SSPS, with another Station in the background.

"Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose..."

A rough simulation of the naked-eye visibility of those stations. This isn't extremely precise, but it's a reasonable ballpark. They might be enormous satellites, their dark colors and high altitude (GEO) makes them hard to see, limiting light pollution.