Impact of orbital perturbations on LEO solar power satellite formation in a wireless broadband over power system

摘要

Increasing power requirements lead the way for the development of new innovative ideas to generate electricity like the introduction of solar power satellites. This system consists of a number of satellites such that the maximum solar energy is collected. This energy is then converted to electromagnetic beams and transmitted to Earth wirelessly. Simultaneous wireless power and data transmission is performed for better efficiency. There are some external forces which act on the satellite formation, as a result of which they are deviated from their orbit. The orbital elements of the formation and the perturbing forces which they are acted upon are determined. A periodic variation on the orbital elements is observed. The receiver on the Earth station, called the rectenna, is designed to collect both wireless power and data simultaneously. A novel design for the solar power satellite formation in a low earth orbit has been proposed.