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Star-Bee optical · GEM
Performance · Design power
Specific power and power per area for each level of the optical hierarchy — Pod → Tile → Unit → GEM (unit + Glory halo mirror) — on Earth, the Moon and Mars. Minimum and maximum for every level.
Earth · specific power
1,878 W/kg
up to · calculated by Bot · G5.3
Moon · specific power
2,554 W/kg
up to · calculated by Bot · G5.3
Pod · source-only value
1,093 W/kg
up to · Earth · G1.3
Unit · power per area
528 W/m²
up to · Earth · calculated by Bot · U7
GEM · cell count
2,916 cells
up to · calculated by Bot · U10A
Body:
Reference sunlight
Earth: up to 1,878 W/kg (G5.3) · up to 528 W/m² (U7)
Pod → Tile → Unit → GEM (Earth)
1 · Pod 3D renderPod · Star Pods G1–G6W/kgMin 56.1 – Max 1,878standard56.1 (G3.1) – 1,859 (G5.3)cellsMin 4 – Max 12W/m²Min 154 – Max 299standard165 (G2.2) – 279 (G1.2)
2 · Tile 3D renderTile · Star Tiles F1–F10W/kgMin 19.4 – Max 1,878standard56.1 (F1-G3.1) – 1,859 (F8-G5.3)cellsMin 42 – Max 240W/m²Min 128 – Max 385standard128 (F3-G2.2) – 325 (F6-G3.1)
3 · Unit 3D renderUnit · Star Units U1–U10W/kgMin 21.4 – Max 1,878standard112 (U2) – 1,859 (U6)cellsMin 512 – Max 2,565W/m²Min 89.3 – Max 528standard97.6 (U9) – 390 (U7)
4 · GEM 3D renderGEM · Unit + Glory halo mirrorW/kgMin 22.0 – Max 1,865standard118 (U2) – 1,609 (U6)cellsMin 520 – Max 2,916W/m²Min 97.2 – Max 485standard101 (U9) – 361 (U7)
Specific power by level · Earth
(W/kg, log scale)
Pod
Star Pods G1–G6
Tile
Star Tiles F1–F10
Unit
Star Units U1–U10
GEM
Unit + Glory halo mirror
MinMaxstandard range across types
Power per area by level · Earth
(W/m²)
Pod
Star Pods G1–G6
Tile
Star Tiles F1–F10
Unit
Star Units U1–U10
GEM
Unit + Glory halo mirror
MinMaxstandard range across types
Cell count by level (every body)
(cells, log scale)
Pod
Star Pods G1–G6
Tile
Star Tiles F1–F10
Unit
Star Units U1–U10
GEM
Unit + Glory halo mirror
MinMaxstandard range across types
Cells per level
- Pod: Min 4 – Max 12 · standard 4 (G2.3) – 12 (G1.1)
- Tile: Min 42 – Max 240 · standard 50 (F1-G6.1) – 216 (F9-G1.1)
- Unit: Min 512 – Max 2,565 · standard 512 (U1) – 2,565 (U10A)
- GEM: Min 520 – Max 2,916 · standard 548 (U1) – 2,745 (U10A)
Cell count per level (same on every body): pod cells; tile = pods × cells per pod; unit = sum of its tiles; GEM = unit + Glory pod cells.
Cost per watt · Earth
optics + cells only; excludes electronics, battery, radiator, frame, tracker, assembly
Lower is better. Min = lowest cost per watt, max = highest. Calculated by Bot.
Cost per watt by level · Earth
($/W, log scale)
Pod
Star Pods G1–G6
Tile
Star Tiles F1–F10
Unit
Star Units U1–U10
GEM
Unit + Glory halo mirror
MinMaxstandard range across types
| Level | Min | Standard range | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pod | $1.44/W | $11.1/W (G4.3) – $1,817/W (G1.3) | $5,543/W |
| Tile | $1.11/W | $11.2/W (F4-G4.3) – $1,753/W (F10-G1.1) | $5,348/W |
| Unit | $0.740/W | $11.2/W (U10A) – $1,753/W (U2) | $5,348/W |
| GEM | $0.739/W | $10.5/W (U10A) – $1,642/W (U2) | $5,160/W |
* Calculated by Bot: mirror/optic sandwich + cells; excludes electronics, battery, radiator, frame, tracker, assembly.
Min – max on Earth, Moon and Mars
Pod · specific power
(W/kg, log scale)
Earth
Moon
Mars
MinMaxstandard range across types
Tile · specific power
(W/kg, log scale)
Earth
Moon
Mars
MinMaxstandard range across types
Unit · specific power
(W/kg, log scale)
Earth
Moon
Mars
MinMaxstandard range across types
GEM · specific power
(W/kg, log scale)
Earth
Moon
Mars
MinMaxstandard range across types
| Level | Earth · W/kg (min – max) | Moon · W/kg (min – max) | Mars · W/kg (min – max) | Earth · W/m² (min – max) | Moon · W/m² (min – max) | Mars · W/m² (min – max) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pod | 56.1 – 1,878 | 76.3 – 2,554 | 33.1 – 1,108 | 154 – 299 | 209 – 407 | 90.9 – 176 |
| Tile | 19.4 – 1,878 | 26.4 – 2,554 | 11.4 – 1,108 | 128 – 385 | 174 – 524 | 75.5 – 227 |
| Unit | 21.4 – 1,878 | 29.1 – 2,554 | 12.6 – 1,108 | 89.3 – 528 | 121 – 718 | 52.7 – 312 |
| GEM | 22.0 – 1,865 | 29.9 – 2,536 | 13.0 – 1,100 | 97.2 – 485 | 132 – 660 | 57.3 – 286 |
* Calculated by Bot: every range on this page is calculated by Bot from the design data (optic and mirror mass only — cells, frame and wiring are not counted; the lens effect is included). The highest values use the G5.3 pod with an areal mass calculated by Bot. The level maximum 1,878 W/kg (pod G5.3, tile F8-G5.3, unit U6) is the unrounded value of the same lightest-film design that the headline quotes as ~1,880 W/kg (Moon 2,554 vs headline 2,557; Mars 1,108 vs headline 1,109). GEM (unit + Glory) max 1,865 W/kg includes the Glory mirror mass (Moon 2,536, Mars 1,100).
Source-only values (Earth, without the calculated G5.3 mass): pod max 1,093 W/kg (G1.3), unit max 575 W/kg (U3), GEM max 581 W/kg (U3).
Power per area: the unit maximum (U7) is optimistic, as the source has no orientation factor.
Optical products only. Images: approved renders (Star Pods 3D, Star Tiles, Star Units, Star Glory).