A stratospheric Stationary LTA platform concept and ground-to-vehicle microwave power transmission tests

37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Onda, Masahiko ^a   Kaya, Nobuyuki ^b   Fujita, Masaharu ^c   Fujino, Yoshiyuki ^c   Tomita, Kazumasa ^d   Yamada, Mamoru ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications   (Japan)

^d Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRSHIPS; MICROWAVES; PARABOLIC ANTENNAS; POWER TRANSMISSION; VEHICLE TRANSMISSIONS;

GROUND TRANSMITTER; HIGH ALTITUDE PLATFORM; LIGHTWEIGHT COMPOSITES; LOW-ALTITUDE FLIGHT; MICROWAVE TRANSMISSION; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PLATFORM CONCEPT; POWERING SYSTEMS;

MICROWAVE POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84983102512     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-1059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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