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Trajectory Design of a Spacecraft Formation for Space-Based Solar Power Using Sequential Convex Programming
2017
The concept of collecting solar power in space and transmitting it to the Earth using microwaves has been studied by numerous researchers in the past. The Space Solar Power Initiative (SSPI) at Caltech is a collaborative project to bring about the scientific …
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Conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity

Solar power is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV) or indirectly using concentrated solar power. Photovoltaic cells convert light into an electric current using the photovoltaic effect. Concentrated solar power systems use lenses or mirrors and solar tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight to a hot spot, often to drive a steam turbine.

Photovoltaics were initially solely used as a source of electricity for small and medium-sized applications, from the calculator powered by a single solar cell to remote homes powered by an off-grid rooftop PV system. Commercial concentrated solar power plants were first developed in the 1980s.
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The Caltech Institute Archives (California Institute of Technology)
Trajectory Design of a Spacecraft Formation for Space-Based Solar Power Using Sequential Convex Programming
2017
The concept of collecting solar power in space and transmitting it to the Earth using microwaves has been studied by numerous researchers in the past. The Space Solar Power Initiative (SSPI) at Caltech is a collaborative project to bring about the scientific and technological innovations necessary for enabling a space-based solar power system. The proposed system comprises an array of ultra-light, membrane-like deployable modules with high efficiency photovoltaic (PV) concentrators and microwave transmission anten…
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Trajectory Design of a Spacecraft Formation for Space-Based Solar Power Using Sequential Convex Programming
2017
The concept of collecting solar power in space and transmitting it to the Earth using microwaves has been studied by numerous researchers in the past. The Space Solar Power Initiative (SSPI) at Caltech is a collaborative project to bring about the scientific …
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