Add to ORKGA new method of providing power to space vehicles consists of using ground-based lasers to beam power to photovoltaic receivers in space. This can be used as a power source for electrically propelled orbital transfer vehicles
An overview of previous studies related to laser power transmission is presented. Particular attenti...
Laser power can be transformed into propulsive power to set into motion various kinds of vehicles an...
Applications are proposed for laser power transmission on the Moon. A solar-pumped laser in lunar or...
A preliminary evaluation of low power, ground-based laser powered electric propulsion systems is pre...
There has recently been a resurgence of interest in the use of beamed power to support space explora...
A space power system based on laser beam power is sized to reduce mass, increase operational capabil...
There has recently been a resurgence of interest in the use of beamed power to support space explora...
Earth-based laser sites beaming laser power to space assets have shown benefits over competing power...
The use of an earth-based high-power laser beam to provide energy for earth-launched rocket vehicle ...
The powering of aircraft with laser energy from a solar power satellite may be a promising new appro...
Future space missions, such as those associated with the Space Exploration Initiative (SEI), will re...
The conversion of laser energy to other, more useful, forms is an important element of any space pow...
In the last decades the principle of laser propulsion has been demonstrated by several laboratory ex...
It is possible to use a ground-based laser to beam light to the solar arrays of orbiting satellites,...
The orbit-to-ground laser power conversion system analysis investigated the feasibility and cost eff...
An overview of previous studies related to laser power transmission is presented. Particular attenti...
Laser power can be transformed into propulsive power to set into motion various kinds of vehicles an...
Applications are proposed for laser power transmission on the Moon. A solar-pumped laser in lunar or...
A preliminary evaluation of low power, ground-based laser powered electric propulsion systems is pre...
There has recently been a resurgence of interest in the use of beamed power to support space explora...
A space power system based on laser beam power is sized to reduce mass, increase operational capabil...
There has recently been a resurgence of interest in the use of beamed power to support space explora...
Earth-based laser sites beaming laser power to space assets have shown benefits over competing power...
The use of an earth-based high-power laser beam to provide energy for earth-launched rocket vehicle ...
The powering of aircraft with laser energy from a solar power satellite may be a promising new appro...
Future space missions, such as those associated with the Space Exploration Initiative (SEI), will re...
The conversion of laser energy to other, more useful, forms is an important element of any space pow...
In the last decades the principle of laser propulsion has been demonstrated by several laboratory ex...
It is possible to use a ground-based laser to beam light to the solar arrays of orbiting satellites,...
The orbit-to-ground laser power conversion system analysis investigated the feasibility and cost eff...
An overview of previous studies related to laser power transmission is presented. Particular attenti...
Laser power can be transformed into propulsive power to set into motion various kinds of vehicles an...
Applications are proposed for laser power transmission on the Moon. A solar-pumped laser in lunar or...