A new method of providing power to space vehicles consists of using ground-based lasers to beam power to photovoltaic receivers in space. This can be used as a power source for electrically propelled orbital transfer vehicles.
Space transfer with ground-based laser/electric propulsion
Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit ; 1993 ; Monterey, CA, United States
1993-07-01
Conference paper
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English
Laser Power Transfer to Space Vehicles with Laser Propulsion
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