Solar Power Satellite

Space based solar power satellites sps are large structures in space that convert solar energy captured as solar irradiation into a form of energy that is transmitted wirelessly wpt to any remote receiver station.

Solar power satellite.

Czech born physicist engineer peter glaser outlined the concept in a brief. Of all the many spaceflight concepts nasa has studied the most enormous was the solar power satellite sps fleet. To make this possible the satellite s solar power beaming system employs a diode pumped alkali laser. Solar power satellites is known by a variety of other names such as satellite power system space power.

Solar power satellite from lunar and asteroidal materials provides an overview of the technological and political developments needed to construct and utilize a multi gigawatt power satellite. Also provides some perspective on the cost savings achieved by using extraterrestrial materials in the construction of the satellite. Satellites would be space platforms the size of a small city deployed some 22 000 miles 35 405 kilometers above the equator in geosynchronous earth orbit geo. First demonstrated at llnl in 2002 and currently still under development there this laser would be about the size of a kitchen table and powerful enough to beam power to earth at an extremely high efficiency over 50 percent.

Sps is a clean large scale stable electric power source.