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PowerSat Image Library
PowerSat Corporate Images - click on an image to see a high resolution version.
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The bare core of a PowerSat independent solar energy converter (ISEC). It's shown here without the Kevlar inflatable structure to reveal interior details. |
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This is the ISEC with the solar arrays and structure in the stowed position. The ISEC is deployed by the launch vehicle in a 600 mile orbit in this condition. After a ground-control checkout is complete, the struts and perimeter are deployed by inflation. |
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Once the array is deployed, the ISEC begins its journey from low earth orbit (LEO) to geosynchronous orbit (GEO). The self-contained ion propulsion system uses electric power from the array to drive the module out to GEO. This eliminates the in-orbit transportation tug and associated infrastructure required by earlier space solar power designs. |
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A wider shot of the ISEC under thrust. To give a sense of scale, the ISEC is about 600' across (the length of two football fields). It generates 54,000,000 watts of power and is so light and thin that it packs into a space only 36' X 21'. |
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Typical suburban home with about 2,500 square feet of living space. It consumes about 18,000 kilowatt/hours per year. |
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That same suburban home covered by the coal that is burned to meet its annual energy needs. |
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Close up of an astronaut standing on the back side of a truss-style PowerSat. This is a frame used on the investors CD-ROM, in an animation showing the scale of the PowerSat, we start at the face, then pull back far enough to see the whole PowerSat. Our friend here is just a speck. |
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Tight shot of one of the joints in the PowerSat truss, giving a sense of scale. |
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5,000 MW Receiving Station (Rectenna) outside of Snohomish, Washington. This station is about a mile and a half long, and would power most of Puget Sound. |
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Transmitting array attached to a truss-style PowerSat. |
Early images from various sources showing different Powersat possibilities.
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Terrific image of a classic photovoltaic PowerSat in orbit, being worked on by astronauts. |
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Receiving station (Rectenna) painting The antenna array is mounted on poles above almost any flat terrain. The area underneath is suitable for agriculture as this image shows. |
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Power tower style PowerSat. Each solar cell disk is placed in orbit on a single launcher, deployed, then attached to a long support structure. |
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Somewhat different version of the power tower concept, but in this case the energy captured is being used for propulsion. This scene shows the spacecraft being assembled |
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The solar-electric powered spacecraft nearing Mars. |