Comparative benefits of a low equatorial orbit microwave solar power satellite (SPS) operational demonstrator

Author

Collins, Patrick ; Matsuoka, Hideo

Author_Institution

Azabu Univ., Sagamihara

fYear

2008

fDate

2-4 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

491

Lastpage

495

Abstract

The paper discusses the potential advantages of operating a microwave power-generating solar power satellite demonstrator in low equatorial orbit. Advantages include being able to deliver power to receiving antennas in a dozen countries around the equator many times/day, and enabling progressive growth to become a large scale system, including geo-stationary satellites. Solar power satellites operating at progressively higher altitudes can deliver power to cities at progressively higher latitudes: within 24 degrees of the equator there is potential demand for several hundred GW of power. Planning an international conference to discuss such a project is recommended.

Keywords

microwave technology; power supplies to apparatus; receiving antennas; solar power satellites; geostationary satellites; low equatorial orbit microwave solar power satellite; microwave power-generating solar power satellite demonstrator; receiving antennas; Cities and towns; Costs; Large-scale systems; Manufacturing; National security; Proposals; Receiving antennas; Satellites; Solar energy; Space power stations; SPS 2000; low equatorial orbit; microwave power transmission; solar power satellite;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RF and Microwave Conference, 2008. RFM 2008. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2866-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2867-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFM.2008.4897460

Filename

4897460