An in-space wireless energy transmission experiment

The concept for an orbiting power satellite capable of supplying the needs of several co-orbiting manufacturing satellites is similar to the central power station and distribution network found on Earth. An experiment for testing a portion of such an "Orbital Power and Light" space power u...

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Published inIECEC 96. Proceedings of the 31st Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference Vol. 1; pp. 468 - 473 vol.1
Main Authors McSpadden, J.O., Little, F.E., Duke, M.B., Ignatiev, A.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 1996
Subjects
Antenna arrays
Manufacturing
Optical arrays
Phased arrays
Power generation
Power transmission
Satellite ground stations
Space power stations
Space shuttles
System testing
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Summary:The concept for an orbiting power satellite capable of supplying the needs of several co-orbiting manufacturing satellites is similar to the central power station and distribution network found on Earth. An experiment for testing a portion of such an "Orbital Power and Light" space power utility system-a retrodirective phased array energy transmission system in space-is described. The experiment will demonstrate the ability of a wireless power transmission system to acquire and maintain a target in space. The experiment will consist of a planar phased array antenna on the Space Shuttle beaming to a target rectenna with a pilot guide beam on the free flying Wake Shield Facility (WSF).
ISBN:9780780335479
0780335473
ISSN:1089-3547
DOI:10.1109/IECEC.1996.552928