• DocumentCode
    1352425
  • Title

    Power/energy: Solar Power Satellite ground stations: The ground systems for microwave beaming from the SPS would require a rectifying antenna with over 13 billion elements

  • Author

    Andryczyk, R. ; Foldes, P. ; Chestek, J. ; Kaupang, B.M.

  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1979
  • fDate
    7/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    51
  • Lastpage
    55
  • Abstract
    Discusses the ground systems required to accept microwave beams from a solar power satellite. It is estimated that a low gain rectifying antenna about 10 km in diameter consisting of 13 billion elements and having 7 billion rectifiers would be required. Topics include: rectenna; dipole assembly; panels; DC to AC convertor stations; rectenna costs estimated.
  • Keywords
    design engineering; microwave antenna arrays; solar power stations; ground systems; low gain rectifying antenna; rectenna; solar power satellite; Arrays; Assembly; Materials; Microwave antennas; Rectennas; Space vehicles; Transmitting antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.1979.6368164
  • Filename
    6368164
    • Link To Document
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