Title :
Microwave beam control system for solar power satellite
Author :
Hashimoto, Kozo ; Matsumoto, Hiroshi
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Solar power system (SPS) transmits microwave energy to receiving site(s). SPS generally uses a retrodirective system which steers the microwave beam to the direction of a pilot signal sent from the receiving site. Microwave beam control issues including beam pointing accuracy, retrodirective systems, and propagation effects are discussed.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; beam steering; microwave power transmission; solar power satellites; solar power stations; space power generation; SPS; beam pointing accuracy; microwave beam control system; microwave beam steering; microwave energy receiving site; pilot signal; propagation effects; retrodirective system; solar power satellite; Control systems; Directive antennas; NASA; Orbits; Phased arrays; Power generation; Power system modeling; Rectennas; Satellites; Solar energy;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Science Conference, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 Asia-Pacific
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8404-0
DOI :
10.1109/APRASC.2004.1422583
