Article Title

SunSat Design Competition 2015-2016 First Place Winner – Team Space Transport: Power Satellites Beamed Energy Bootstrapping

Authors

Keith HensonFollow
Anna NesterovaFollow

Abstract

This International SunSat Design Competition first-place winner for 2016 describes a beamed energy transport system that will operate in Space above low earth orbit (LEO) as a way to move power satellite parts into high orbits.

This design, entitled “Beamed Energy Bootstrapping,” makes use of small propulsion power satellites to provide the energy for space-based vehicles using electric arcjets. The proposal lays out a scheme to get the first propulsion power satellite in place without damage as it passes through the orbiting space junk below 2000 km.

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Recommended Citation

Henson, Keith and Nesterova, Anna (2021) "SunSat Design Competition 2015-2016 First Place Winner – Team Space Transport: Power Satellites Beamed Energy Bootstrapping," Online Journal of Space Communication: Vol. 11: Iss. 18, Article 7.
Available at: https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/spacejournal/vol11/iss18/7