Ultralight structures for space solar power satellites

3rd AIAA Spacecraft Structures Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages

  Arya, Manan ^a   Lee, Nicolas ^a,b   Pellegrino, Sergio ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR ENERGY;

AREAL DENSITIES; ELECTRIC POWER; GROUND STATIONS; SPACE SOLAR POWER SATELLITE; ULTRA-LIGHT;

SOLAR POWER SATELLITES;

EID: 85051536140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2016-1950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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