A spacecraft comprising a platform, a power system and a power transmission line adapted to transmitting high voltage electrical power in a space environment is disclosed. The transmission power line tethers the suborbiting platform to the power system located in a superorbital position relative to the platform.
Coaxial Tube Tether/Transmission Line for Manned Nuclear Space Power
1986
15 pages
Report
No indication
English
Electric Power Transmission , Electric Power Production , Space Technology , Electrotechnology , Patent applications , Coaxial cables , High voltages , Meteoroid protection , Power lines , Space power reactors , Space station power supplies , Spacecraft power supplies , Tetherlines , Dielectrics , Earth orbital environments , Plasma interactions
Coaxial tube array space transmission line characterization
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