Space solar power satellite alternatives and architectures

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Potter, Seth ^a,b   Bayer, Martin ^a,c   Davis, Dean ^a,d   Born, Andrew ^a,e   McCormick, David ^a,f   Dorazio, Louanna ^a,b   Patel, Pinal ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b MC W S10 S356 ^*  (United States)

^c Homeland Security   (United States)

^d Analysis Modeling Simulation and Experimentation (AMSE)   (United States)

^e MC H017 D420   (United States)

^f Phantom Works   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE-LOAD POWER; COMMERCIAL MARKET; CONVENTIONAL FUEL; NICHE MARKETS; NON RECURRING ENGINEERING; NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; POWER LEVELS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SOLAR POWER SATELLITES; SPACE RESOURCES; SPACE SOLAR POWER; SPACE SOLAR POWER SATELLITE; TRANSMISSION FREQUENCIES;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; SATELLITES; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 78549287808     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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