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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2016
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Sergio Pellegrino, Pasadena, CA (US);
Harry A. Atwater, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Seyed Ali Hajimiri, La Canada, CA (US);
Manan Arya, Pasadena, CA (US);
Christophe Leclerc, Pasadena, CA (US);
Nicolas Lee, Pasadena, CA (US);
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
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.