Microwave power beaming strategies for fractionated spacecraft systems

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jamnejad, Vahraz ^a   Silva, Arnold ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ELEMENTS; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; FREE SPACES; MICROWAVE POWER BEAMING; MID-FIELD; MULTIPLE BEAMS; OPTIMAL ENERGY; PAPER ADDRESSES; RECTENNAS; ROBUST PERFORMANCE; SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS; TRANSMITTING ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE GENERATION; MICROWAVE POWER TRANSMISSION; MICROWAVES; SPACECRAFT;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 49349105598     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2008.4526314     Document Type: Conference Paper

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