The development of transportation systems to support the operations required for the orbital assembly of a 5-gigawatt satellite is discussed as well as the construction of a ground receiving antenna (rectenna). Topics covered include heavy lift launch vehicle configurations for Earth-to LEO transport; the use of chemical, nuclear, and electric orbit transfer vehicles for LEO to GEO operations; personnel transport systems; ground operations; end-to-end analysis of the construction, operation, and maintenance of the satellite and rectenna; propellant production and storage; and payload packaging.
Satellite Power Systems (SPS) Concept Definition Study. Volume 5: Transportation and Operations Analysis
1978
195 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Solar Energy , Unmanned Spacecraft , Electric Power Production , Heavy lift launch vehicles , Orbit transfer vehicles , Orbital assembly , Satellite solar power stations , Space transportation system , Microwave antennas , Satellite solar energy conversion , Solar arrays , Systems engineering , Electric power plants