Title :
Meeting the challenges of implementing portable space-based solar power
Author :
Little, Frank E.
Author_Institution :
Space Eng. Res. Center, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
A space-based solar power system to supply power for disaster relief, humanitarian aid or other temporary local electric power needs using a hybrid laser/microwave wireless power transmission system is briefly described. A space-to-ground experiment to validate retrodirective control of laser and microwave power transmission beams that would use the International Space Station as the in-space platform for the experimental apparatus is described.
Keywords :
disasters; microwave power transmission; solar power stations; space power generation; International Space Station; disaster relief; humanitarian aid; hybrid laser/microwave wireless power transmission system; in-space platform; local electric power; portable space-based solar power system; space-to-ground experiment; Laser beams; Masers; Microwave communication; Power transmission; Satellites; Space vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 2011 XXXth URSI
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5117-3
DOI :
10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6050551
