• DocumentCode
    1351689
  • Title

    Power/Energy: Solar Power Satellites: Microwaves deliver the power: Kilometer-diameter antennas would be used in this super system to transmit power to ground-based rectifying antennas

  • Author

    Brown, W.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Raytheon Co., Waltham, MA, USA
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1979
  • fDate
    6/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    36
  • Lastpage
    43
  • Abstract
    Discusses a microwave transmission system to convert solar energy and deliver to the earth as microwaves from a network of solar power satellites. The requirements to be met and the problems as yet unsolved are pointed out which are technological as well as constructional.
  • Keywords
    artificial satellites; photovoltaic cells; solar power stations; microwave transmission system; photovoltaic cells; solar energy conversion; solar power satellites; solar power station; Electromagnetic heating; Electron tubes; Microwave antenna arrays; Microwave antennas; Microwave circuits; Microwave devices; Rectennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.1979.6368037
  • Filename
    6368037
    • Link To Document
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