NASAPrograms04 · Power beaming · Networks
WIRES
Wireless Infrastructure for Remote Exploration Systems
Power beaming and links, independently measured.
Power and signal delivered across cislunar distances and into shadowed craters, with independent measurement of what reaches the receiver.
- Status
- In development
- Domain
- Cislunar · Surface
- Focus
- Power beaming · Links · Timing
- Role
- Independent measurement
The problem
Some craters have not seen the sun in a billion years.
The ice at the lunar poles sits where solar panels cannot work, so power has to be sent in. Optical power beaming has now been shown on the ground to a lunar rover, with orbital demonstrations to follow. A beamed watt is only worth buying when someone other than the seller has measured it at the receiver. WIRES holds that measurement and builds the links around it.
Capabilities
- 01
Power beaming measurement
Independent characterization of transmitted and received power, efficiency and pointing.
- 02
Resilient links
Communications and timing that hold where conventional infrastructure does not reach.
- 03
Shadowed regions
Power and signal into permanently shadowed craters, where solar power cannot go.
- 04
Reference data
Every measurement added to the corpus that buyers and builders reference.
Design targets
Performance
| Interface verification | Independent measurement of what crossed each interface, against what each side expected |
|---|---|
| Distribution | Loss budget measured per run, not calculated |
| Storage | Capacity, rate and degradation measured across the mission temperature range |
| Delivered energy | Billed on the quantity verified at the receiver |
Briefings
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