Title :
Increasing power input to a single solar power satellite rectenna by using a pair of satellites
Author :
Gelsthorpe, R.V. ; Collins, P.Q.
Author_Institution :
ERA Technology Ltd., Leatherhead, UK
Abstract :
An outline of the solar power satellite concept is given, and some remarks are made regarding the desirability of increasing the power handling capability of the receiving site. Three arrangements, each based on the use of a pair of satellites, are described by means of which the power handled by a single site may be doubled.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; receiving antennas; solar power; solar power stations; artificial satellites; dipole antennas; equatorial geostationary Earth orbit; ionosphere; microwave beam; nonlinear heating; receiving antenna; site area; solar power satellite; solar power stations;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19800224
