DocumentCode
2636379
Title
The Satellite Solar Power Station
Author
Glaser, Peter E.
fYear
1973
fDate
4-6 June 1973
Firstpage
186
Lastpage
188
Abstract
The feasibility of power production on Earth by means of a satellite solar power station is discussed. The status of technology to achieve solar energy conversion, microwave generation, transmission and rectification and transportation to synchronous orbit is reviewed, and costs for the system and components are presented.
Keywords
Costs; Earth; Microwave antennas; Photovoltaic cells; Receiving antennas; Satellites; Silicon; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Space power stations;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Symposium, 1973 IEEE G-MTT International
Conference_Location
Boulder, CO, USA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/GMTT.1973.1123143
Filename
1123143
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