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June 17th, 2022
Credit: Xidian University
Codenamed Zhuri — or “chasing the Sun” – a research team with Xidian University is working on components of a space-based solar power station (SSPS).
A “ground recipient verification system” has been constructed to enable next-generation microwave power wireless transmission technology and space-based solar power plant technology.
The ground verification system is located in the southern campus of Xidian University. The supportive tower of the system is an over 245-feet (75 meters) high steel structure, and has five subsystems: Omega concentration and light-electricity conversion, power transmission and management, and a receiving antenna, reports China’s Ecns.cn, the official English-language website of China News Service (CNS).
Peter Glaser, the father of the solar power satellite concept.
Credit: Arthur D. Little Inc.
Space testing
The China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) plans to conduct a “Space high voltage transfer and wireless power transmission experiment” in low Earth orbit in 2028.
The OMEGA space-based solar power station reportedly will be capable of generating 10 kilowatts and carry a solar cell array, microwave transmitting antenna, a low power laser transmission payload, and a transmitting array to evaluate power transmission across distances of 400 kilometers from orbit, adds the Ecns.cn story.
To read the full story – “China prepares ground recipient system for space-based solar power station” – go to:
http://www.ecns.cn/news/sci-tech/2022-06-17/detail-ihaziuqy8693823.shtml
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