Lorenzo Bichisao, Gongling Sun (2022), JBIS, 75, pp.165-175
\nRefcode: 2022.75.165<\/p>\n
DOI: n\/a<\/p>\n
Abstract:<\/p>\n
Lunar exploration activities and in-situ resource utilization are expected to grow in coming decades. In particular, lunar craters and the poles hold great scientific, economic and strategic value. However, they pose a challenge for solar panels in terms of power generation due to low solar illumination. A sustainable power supply is therefore necessary to ensure the continuity of such activities. This paper explores the feasibility of a satellite in lunar orbit as a means of power generation and transmission to the surface of the Moon. Through trade-off studies of key technologies for space based solar power, we propose a highly efficient satellite which employs a laser beam. A lunar \u201cfrozen\u201d operational orbit was selected because it constitutes the best compromise between coverage, pointing accuracy and a number of key parameters. After performing a spacecraft design, we can conclude that such a solar power satellite, while expensive, has a good technology readiness level and could become viable during this decade.<\/p>\n
Keywords: Lunar Exploration, Solar Power Satellite, Space Based Solar Power, Wireless Power Transmission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31796,"template":"","meta":[],"pwb-brand":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[56,59,3859],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-31794","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-journal-of-the-bis","product_cat-papers","product_cat-2022-papers","first","instock","downloadable","virtual","purchasable","product-type-simple","czr-hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"brands":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/31794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pwb-brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pwb-brand?post=31794"},{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=31794"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=31794"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=31794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}