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You will soon be able to order sunlight the way you order a ride.

That is not a metaphor.

Reflect Orbital is building small satellites with deployable mirrors that can redirect sunlight to a specific area on Earth, on demand.

What stands out to me is this: the innovation is… pic.twitter.com/uE7vsUO1Qy

— Pascal Bornet (@pascal_bornet) 1 avril 2026

You will soon be able to order sunlight the way you order a ride. That is not a metaphor. Reflect Orbital is building small satellites with deployable mirrors that can redirect sunlight to a specific area on Earth, on demand. What stands out to me is this: the innovation is not “a mirror in space.” It is the coordination layer. Thousands of moving mirrors, orbital timing, angles, cloud cover, target constraints, safety, and permissions. That is not human operations. That is software and AI doing continuous control at scale. Why this matters now: ↳ disaster response gets light without generators ↳ construction and industrial sites extend safe working hours ↳ search and rescue gains instant illumination ↳ solar farms could extend production windows And yes, it is already controversial. If we get this wrong, it becomes light pollution from orbit. ) This is where things change. Space infrastructure is turning into on-demand services. And AI is the only way it scales. Question for you: would you use “sunlight as a service” in your industry, or is this a line we should not cross? #AI #SpaceTech #Innovation #ClimateTech #FutureOfWork #DisasterResponse #Automation #Technology #Satellites

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