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🧪 Energy Advanced Solar Space Simulation

Interactive orbital solar-power simulator: fly a geostationary solar-power satellite around Earth, compare its unbroken 1361 W/m² collection against a ground array's atmosphere-attenuated, day/night-limited output, and beam the harvested power to a ground rectenna.

Energy & Thermodynamics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted💨 Air & Wind
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This simulation models solar energy collection in space, where the sun's intensity is higher and there's no atmospheric interference. A geostationary solar-power satellite orbits a rotating Earth, its panel tracking the Sun to hold the full 1361 W/m² solar constant, while a ground array at a chosen latitude fights the day/night cycle, atmospheric air mass, and cloud cover for every watt. Live flux bars, a 24-hour energy integral, and an animated microwave power-beam down to a ground rectenna demonstrate exactly how orbital positioning can significantly increase the efficiency of solar power generation compared to terrestrial systems.

⚙ Under the hood

This simulation models solar energy collection in space, where the sun's intensity is higher and there’s no atmospheric interference. It demonstrates how orbital positioning can significantly increase the efficiency of solar power generation compared to terrestrial systems.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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