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Wireless Energy Transfer from Space to Ground via Satellite Constellation Grids

Signal Processing 2026-04-07 v1

Abstract

This letter presents a framework for space-to-ground wireless energy transfer (WET) for wirelessly chargeable devices (WCD) located in remote areas or disaster situations. We consider a grid of multi-antenna satellites that charge a WCD within line-of-sight. Closed-form expressions for harvested energy are derived considering maximum ratio transmission (MRT) ensuring that the WCD meets its circuit charging threshold PthP_{th}. Simulations elucidate that milli-joule-level energy can be harvested during satellite grid visibility, with charging efficiency influenced by the number of satellites, their altitude, charging frequency, and grid inclination.

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@article{arxiv.2604.04147,
  title  = {Wireless Energy Transfer from Space to Ground via Satellite Constellation Grids},
  author = {Mohammad Shehab and Osmel M. Rosabal and Onel L. A. Lopez and Mohamed-Slim Alouini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.04147},
  year   = {2026}
}