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 . 600 launches, 4e7 kg? 15km^2^?
 . 5.8 GHz
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 . p42 GSO launches and forecast  . p42 GSO launches and forecast
 . p44 picture of [[http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=13500 | ATK space systems 20 meter solar sail ]]. Conflated with solar cell? {{attachment:scitech_solarsails_solar-sails-2.jpg||width=100}}[[attachment:scitech_solarsails_solar-sails-2.jpg|larger]]
  . no way to move power out of cells that thin; the cells make perhaps 200 amps per square meter at about a volt. IR drop would be awful for a large array with gossamer-thin conductors. Monocrystalline photovoltaic cells do not fold the way these aluminized mylar films do.
 . assumes thinned silicon, shows graph on page 45 with exotic multjunctions at 46%, silicon ranging from 13% to 25%. Thin silicon at back end of life will be closer to the first number.
 . may not understand that "dispatchable" means adjustable to time demand, opposite of base load
 . 99.3% available means up to 72 minute eclipse loss for 22 days in spring and fall
  . nothing about shutting down to avoid communication interference
 . nothing about >= 50m/s/year stationkeeping
 . nothing about coexistence with existing comsats
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Contreras LEO 1620 Contreras  LEO SSPS in 1620km orbit

GEO-SBSP2

2013 Conference NOTES from slides:


SSP Assembly Challenges      Gordon Woodcock

  • 4000 MW solar cell
  • 2000 MWe to grid(?)
  • High Temp Superconductors ??? 77K
  • 600 launches, 4e7 kg? 15km2?

  • 5.8 GHz


Introduction to Space Solar Power for the Global Electric Power Utility Market

  • WiSEE SSP Workshop
  • November 8, 2013
  • Baltimore, MD
  • Darel Preble
  • President, Space Solar Power Institute www.solarsat.org
  • Chair, Space Solar Power Workshop www.sspi.gatech.edu
  • p24 Sidelobe Graph - 0.01mW/cm2 peak at 440km radius

  • Predicted ground-level microwave power density for a full-power GEO SPS as a function of distance -Credit: J. M. Osepchuk, IEEE Microwave, “How Safe Are Microwaves and Solar Power from Space”, IEEE Microwave magazine, vol. 3, issue 4. page 58-64, Dec. 2002.
  • p34 Communication satellites are now a $250+ Billion industry per year.
  • p42 GSO launches and forecast
  • p44 picture of ATK space systems 20 meter solar sail. Conflated with solar cell? scitech_solarsails_solar-sails-2.jpglarger

    • no way to move power out of cells that thin; the cells make perhaps 200 amps per square meter at about a volt. IR drop would be awful for a large array with gossamer-thin conductors. Monocrystalline photovoltaic cells do not fold the way these aluminized mylar films do.
  • assumes thinned silicon, shows graph on page 45 with exotic multjunctions at 46%, silicon ranging from 13% to 25%. Thin silicon at back end of life will be closer to the first number.
  • may not understand that "dispatchable" means adjustable to time demand, opposite of base load
  • 99.3% available means up to 72 minute eclipse loss for 22 days in spring and fall
    • nothing about shutting down to avoid communication interference
  • nothing about >= 50m/s/year stationkeeping

  • nothing about coexistence with existing comsats


Mission design of WPT Space Demonstration Experiment using Small Scientific Satellite toward SPS     Tanaka

  • 5.729 GHz 370km orbit 200kg 2kW 1.9m antenna
  • ground 16μW/m2(MAX)Beam width on the ground φ ~30km


SSP: Hearts and Minds     Brent Sherwood

  • p8 Geopolitics: Urban Geography from GEO city longitude


Contreras LEO SSPS in 1620km orbit


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