Dr. Paul Jaffe discusses a 4-year ground-breaking research effort in space-based beamed solar power technology involving the development & testing of modules for conversion of sunlight into microwaves, which is currently in orbit on the X-37B space plane.
Space-based beamed solar power works by collecting solar power with orbiting solar power satellites and beaming it back to Earth. Its advantages include a higher collection of energy due to the lack of reflection and absorption by the atmosphere and the elimination of nighttime blackout periods that currently require petroleum-based standby systems for terrestrial solar power. Space-based solar power systems convert sunlight to microwave or optical energy, which can be transmitted through the atmosphere to receivers on the Earth's surface.
Dr. Paul Jaffe, an electronics engineer and researcher at the Naval Center for Space Technology at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). In over 25 years at the NRL, he has worked on dozens of space missions for a range of defense and civilian agency sponsors.
Dr. Jaffe earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, and served as a coordinator of two studies of the military applications of Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP), and as an editor of the study groups’ final reports.
YOUTUBE LINKS:
Microwave Power Beaming Demonstration 2021
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Laser Power Beaming Demonstration 2021
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Laser Power Beaming Demonstration 2019
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Wireless Power STEM Demo on the International Space Station
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First test of solar power satellite hardware in orbit
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Space Solar Demonstrated on a Table Top
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How to Build a LEctenna
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Space Solar Explained
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Power Beaming and Space Solar (HDIAC webinar):
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2016 Defense, Diplomacy, and Development Space Solar presentation:
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JOURNAL ARTICLES:
Practical Power Beaming Gets Real
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Terrestrial Microwave Power Beaming (in IEEE Journal of Microwaves, Jan 2022)
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Microwave and Millimeter Wave Power Beaming (in IEEE Journal of Microwaves, Jan 2021)
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2009 study report: Space-Based Solar Power: Possible Defense Applications and Opportunities for NRL Contribution
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2019 study report: Opportunities and Challenges for Space Solar for Remote Installations
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PRESS ARTICLES:
CNN exclusive: A solar panel in space is collecting energy that could one day be beamed to anywhere on Earth
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Wireless Power STEM Demo on the International Space Station
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First test of solar power satellite hardware in orbit
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Space Solar TEDx talk
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The Drive - We Talk To The Scientist Whose Revolutionary Power Beaming Experiment Is Flying On The X-37B
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NRL Space-Based Solar Power Concept Wins Secretary of Defense Innovative Challenge
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