Title :
International activities related to power from space
Author :
Maryniak, Gregg E.
Author_Institution :
SUNSAT Energy Council, Hopewell, NJ, USA
Abstract :
An overall view of past, present and proposed wireless space power transmission projects is presented. Activities in the United States, Canada, France, the former Soviet Union and Japan are highlighted. The recent Japan-US space-to-space wireless power transmission demonstration ISYMETS is described as are the 1995 demonstrations of wireless power transmission systems in Kyoto, Japan, at the WPT 95 conference
Keywords :
microwave power transmission; project engineering; research initiatives; space vehicle power plants; Canada; France; ISYMETS demonstration; Japan; USA; former USSR; wireless space power transmission projects; Aircraft manufacture; Councils; Helicopters; Laboratories; Military aircraft; NASA; Optical beams; Power transmission; Satellite broadcasting; Solar energy;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1996. IECEC 96., Proceedings of the 31st Intersociety
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3547-3
DOI :
10.1109/IECEC.1996.552929
