A new concept of solar power satellite: Tethered-SPS

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 153-165

  Sasaki, Susumu ^a   Tanaka, Koji ^a   Higuchi, Ken ^a   Okuizumi, Nobukatsu ^a   Kawasaki, Shigeo ^b   Shinohara, Naoki ^b   Senda, Kei ^c   Ishimura, Kousei ^d  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microwave power transmission; Solar power satellite; Space tether

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

SIGNAL/POWER INTERFACES; SOLAR POWER SATELLITES (SPS); SPACE TETHERS;

SATELLITES;

EID: 33751009907     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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