A Conceptual Design Study of Inexpensive Solar Power Satellite Using Centrifugal Force for Self Deployment

Yasuhiro KURODA; Shinji MATSUMOTO; Kenji NOZAKI; Hisahito TADOKORO; Hiroshi KANAMORI; Kenji TAKAGI

doi:10.11230/jsts.8.2_11

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A Conceptual Design Study of Inexpensive Solar Power Satellite Using Centrifugal Force for Self Deployment

Yasuhiro KURODA, Shinji MATSUMOTO, Kenji NOZAKI, Hisahito TADOKORO, Hiroshi KANAMORI, Kenji TAKAGI

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Keywords: INEXPENSIVE SOLAR POWER SATELLITE, SELF DEPLOYMENT, CENTRIFUGAL FORCE

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1992 Volume 8 Issue 2 Pages 2_11-2_15

DOI https://doi.org/10.11230/jsts.8.2_11

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This paper discusses the concept of constructing inexpensive Solar Power Satellites (SPS) which has the following characteristics; (1) deployable structure, (2) utilization of centrifugal force, (3) no Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) nor robot, (4) attitude control by natural forces like solar wind and/or magnetic field. Several ideas are evaluated and described.

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