DocumentCode
1895521
Title
Satellite solar array with laser downlink to denver
Author
Christopher, Paul
fYear
2013
fDate
21-23 May 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
6
Abstract
Gerard O´Neill´s outstanding satellite solar array concepts are updated from geostationary systems to include sun synchronous low earth orbits and Brandon Molniya orbits. The low earth orbits would offer low cost and Brandon orbits would offer the convenience of stationary ground antennas. Ten micron laser links are studied for low cost and low cloud attenuation.
Keywords
solar cell arrays; solar power satellites; Brandon Molniya orbits; Denver; cloud attenuation; geostationary systems; laser downlink; laser links; satellite solar array; stationary ground antennas; sun synchronous low earth orbits; Arrays; Attenuation; Earth; Low earth orbit satellites; Orbits; Probability density function;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Energytech, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location
Cleveland, OH
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EnergyTech.2013.6645349
Filename
6645349
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