Wireless Power Transfer to Sitallite Stratospheric Platform

• Published in: IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments conference digest (Online) pp. 130 - 134
• Main Authors: Schubert, Peter J., van Wynsberghe, Erinn, Kragt Finnell, Abigail J., Salgueiro, Cristian, Suri, Ramaa Saket
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 12.10.2020
• Subjects: design; HAPS; Pseudo-satellite; Rectennas; Safety; Schottky diodes; Space vehicles; stratosphere; Transmitters; Transmitting antennas; Wireless communication; WPT

Stratospheric superpressure balloons are a class of high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) with excellent observational and communications capabilities. The challenge to long-duration operation is station keeping against the thin but fast zephyrs at altitudes around 25 km. One solution is captured in...