SAN FRANCISCO – Mantis Space, a New Mexico startup planning a constellation to supply solar power to spacecraft, emerged from stealth March 12 with $10 million in seed funding.

通过将电力供应与日照脱钩，Mantis Space 旨在让客户能够根据任务价值而非能源需求来优化轨道，从而有望提高卫星利用率并延长资产寿命。管理层表示，经济回报有望提升两到三倍。如今，卫星大约三分之一的时间都处于地球阴影中，并且通常被放置在太阳同步轨道上，这使得它们一天中的大部分时间都远离核心任务区域，随着航天系统计算密集度的不断提高，这不仅降低了收入，也限制了其性能。

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