[smw]

Wouldn't they?

[tadfisher]

You would put these in polar orbits so they are always facing the Sun. Basically the longitude would follow the Sun (or the terminator line, whichever you prefer), and the latitude would oscillate from 90°N to 90°S and back every 24 hours.

[IvyMike]

From the linked article:

> By directly harnessing near-constant solar power

Implies they would not spend half of their time in the dark.

[wtcactus]

No. Otherwise how would you power them? We could use nuclear power methods, like we did in the Voyagers for instance. But the press release doesn’t mention that and, for a constellation of satellites around the earth, it would be a terrible idea.

[zvqcMMV6Zcr]

NASA doesn't have enough radioactive material for its current needs, RTG is used only for missions far from Sun (and Earth).