The chapter mainly introduces the operating orbit, space environmental characteristics, and system composition of the SSP system. SSP project is a mega system, and its construction, operation, and management are all very grand projects. It is necessary to consider several important factors to design an SPS. Firstly, the operational orbit greatly affects the operation and the scale of SPS and the reception of energy on the ground. Several factors that need to be considered include the illumination conditions of the solar array, the altitude of the operational orbit, and the relative position between the SPS, and the ground receiving station. Secondly, the space environment affects the life of an SPS seriously. The main factors of the space environment include vacuum and cold environment, microgravity environment, solar electromagnetic radiation environment, atomic oxygen environment, space plasma environment, space charged particle radiation environment, space debris, and micrometeoroid environment. Thirdly, SSP needs to use wireless power transmission technology to transmit energy from space to the ground, with a transmission distance of about 36,000 km, and the transmission process needs to pass through the earth’s atmosphere. It is necessary to consider the scale of energy emission device and reception device and the loss through the atmosphere.
Design Basics of Space Solar Power
Sustainable Development Goals Series
2025-07-02
15 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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