California Institute of Technology

Nicolas Lee

Seyed Ali Hajimiri

Harry A Atwater

Sergio Pellegrino

Manan Arya

Melanie Delapierre

Behrooz Abiri

Florian Bohn

Emily C Warmann

Jeffrey P Bosco

Dennis Callahan

Christophe Leclerc

A space-based solar power station, a power generating satellite module and/or a method for collecting solar radiation and transmitting power generated using electrical current produced therefrom, and/or compactible structures and deployment mechanisms used to form and deploy such satellite modules and power generation tiles associated therewith are provided. Each satellite module and/or power generation tile may be formed of a compactable structure and deployment mechanism capable of reducing the payload area required to deliver the satellite module to an orbital formation within the space-based solar power station and reliably deploy it once in orbit.

Large-area structures for compact packaging

Large-scale space-based solar power station: packaging, deployment and stabilization of lightweight structures

A space-based solar power station, a power generating satellite module and/or a method for collecting solar radiation and transmitting power generated using electrical current produced therefrom is provided. Each solar power station includes a plurality of satellite modules. The plurality of satellite modules each include a plurality of modular power generation tiles including a photovoltaic solar radiation collector, a power transmitter and associated control electronics. The power transmitters can be coordinated as a phased array and the power generated by the phased array is transmitted to one or more power receivers to achieve remote wireless power generation and delivery. Each satellite module may be formed of a compactable structure capable of reducing the payload area required to deliver the satellite module to an orbital formation within the space-based solar power station.

Large-scale space-based solar power station: multi-scale modular space power

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Pasadena, CA, United States of America

Nicolas Lee