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 in | IECEC 96. Proceedings of the 31st Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference Vol. 1; pp. 468 - 473 vol.1 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Conference Proceeding |
Language | English |
Published |
IEEE
1996
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Subjects | |
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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). |
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ISBN: | 9780780335479 0780335473 |
ISSN: | 1089-3547 |
DOI: | 10.1109/IECEC.1996.552928 |