[2206.08373] A Lightweight Space-based Solar Power Generation …
We propose a novel design for a lightweight, high-performance space-based …
SPS-Alpha: The first practical solar power satellite via ...
Phase 1 project to investigate a transformational new approach to the concept of space solar power: SPS-ALPHA (Solar Power Satellite by means of Arbitrarily Large Phased Array). To …
SPS-ALPHA: The First Practical Solar Power Satellite via Arbitrarily ...
SPS-ALPHA: The First Practical Solar Power Satellite via Arbitrarily Large Phased Array (A 2011-2012 NIAC Project) ... New Frontiers in Solar Power Generation: A …
SPS -ALPHA: The First Practical Solar Power Satellite via Arbitrarily ...
economically viable and programmatically executable Solar Power Satellite (SPS): "SPS …
CASSIOPeiA – A new paradigm for space solar power
Phased Array – is a new format microwave antenna (worldwide patent applied) suitable, amongst other applications, for wireless power transfer in a space environment. In particular, when …
SPS -ALPHA: The First Practical Solar Power Satellite via Arbitrarily ...
economically viable and programmatically executable Solar Power Satellite (SPS): "SPS-ALPHA", a hyper-modular SPS by means of an Arbitrarily Large PHased Array (ALPHA).
Towards net zero: A technological review on the potential of space ...
A collection of microwave emitting antennas constituting an orientable phased array are orthogonal to the HCPV panels. This enables 360° steering of the microwave beam. …
SPS-ALPHA: A Novel Approach to Space Solar Power
SPS-ALPHA incorporates a number of critical new technologies, including: (1) wireless power transmission using a retro-directive RF phased array with high-efficiency solid-state amplifiers; …
A novel design project for space solar power station (SSPS …
This paper presents a novel design project for SSPS named OMEGA. The space segment of the proposed GEO-based SSPS is composed of four main parts, such as spherical …
(PDF) The Caltech Space Solar Power Project: Design
Flexible planar spacecraft, such as solar sails, phased antenna arrays and space solar power satellites vary their shape in flight and also may not have a known shape …
Phased array system architecture and its capabilities a, The …
DOLCE is an example of specifically showing deployable structure to install membrane power generation packaged every element needed including power transmission purpose.
SPS-ALPHA: The First Practical Solar Power Satellite via Arbitrarily ...
A new SPS concept has been proposed that resolves many, if not all, of those uncertainties: "SPSALPHA" (Solar Power Satellite by means of Arbitrarily Large Phased Array).
Space-Based Solar Power: A Skeptic''s Take
Features: Fifty PV solar arrays, each 200 meters wide and 600 meters long, track the sun and send power through rotating high-power joints and perpendicular trusses to a …
SPS-Alpha: The first practical solar power satellite via ...
Phase 1 project to investigate a transformational new approach to the concept of space solar …
Caltech''s SSPD-1 Is a New Idea for Space-Based Solar
Ali Hajimiri is the codirector of Caltech''s space-based solar power project.Caltech. Ali Hajimiri: I would call it a detection. The primary purpose of the MAPLE experiment was to demonstrate ...
[2206.08373] A Lightweight Space-based Solar Power Generation …
We propose a novel design for a lightweight, high-performance space-based solar power array combined with power beaming capability for operation in geosynchronous …
The SPS-ALPHA (Solar Power Satellite by means
Existing solar power generation methods are capable of producing electricity, but face limitations in doing so due to intermittent sunlight [2]. Space solar energy generation is capable of …
SPS-ALPHA: The First Practical Solar Power Satellite via Arbitrarily ...
Simultaneous orbit and attitude optimization of planar arrays for space-based solar power beaming
SPS-ALPHA: The First Practical Solar Power Satellite via ...
SPS-ALPHA (Solar Power Satellite via Arbitrarily Large Phased Array) is a novel, bio-mimetic approach to the challenge of space solar power. If successful, this project …
SpaceX''s Starship could help this start-up beam clean energy from …
The company currently charges under $3,000 per kilogram of payload, but that''s still too much for space-based solar power generation, which will require enormous orbiting …
(PDF) SPS-ALPHA: The First Practical Solar Power Satellite via ...
Two prototype solid-state phased array systems concepts developed for the solar power satellite (SPS) are described.