DocumentCode
955238
Title
Increasing power input to a single solar power satellite rectenna by using a pair of satellites
Author
Gelsthorpe, R.V. ; Collins, P.Q.
Author_Institution
ERA Technology Ltd., Leatherhead, UK
Volume
16
Issue
9
fYear
1980
Firstpage
311
Lastpage
313
Abstract
An outline of the solar power satellite concept is given, and some remarks are made regarding the desirability of increasing the power handling capability of the receiving site. Three arrangements, each based on the use of a pair of satellites, are described by means of which the power handled by a single site may be doubled.
Keywords
artificial satellites; receiving antennas; solar power; solar power stations; artificial satellites; dipole antennas; equatorial geostationary Earth orbit; ionosphere; microwave beam; nonlinear heating; receiving antenna; site area; solar power satellite; solar power stations;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19800224
Filename
4243990
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