Title :
Engineering research for tethered solar power satellite
Author :
Sasaki, S. ; Tanaka, K. ; Higuchi, K. ; Okuizumi, N.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Space & Astronaut. Sci., Japan Aerosp. Exploration Agency, Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
A solar power system, in which a flat panel of the size of 2 km by 1.9 km with a capability of power generation and transmission is suspended by multi-wires connected to a bus system 10 km upward, is proposed as an innovative solar power satellite (SPS) of 1 GW class. This SPS concept is highly robust and potentially low cost with special features in the integration, construction, attitude control, heat management, and evolutional development strategy.
Keywords :
attitude control; microwave power transmission; solar power satellites; space power generation; 1 GW; attitude control; bus system; evolutional development strategy; flat panel size; heat management; multi-wire suspension; power generation; power transmission; robust low cost SPS; solar power system; tethered solar power satellite; Costs; Electromagnetic heating; Microwave antennas; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Robust control; Satellites; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Transmitting antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Science Conference, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 Asia-Pacific
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8404-0
DOI :
10.1109/APRASC.2004.1422577
