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Solar panel array in space.
Space stations and satellites already use solar panel arrays for.
Collecting solar energy in space with reflectors or inflatable mirrors onto solar cells or heaters for thermal systems.
Solar panels extended out from the apollo telescope mount power solar observatory instruments on the skylab station which also had an additional array on the main spacecraft.
Science fiction writer isaac asimov is credited with bringing the idea of space based solar power projects to prominence in 1941.
You d be forgiven for thinking this could be the plot of a james bond.
The solar arrays produce more power than the station needs at one time for station systems and experiments.
To date solar power other than for propulsion has been practical for spacecraft operating no farther from the sun than the orbit of jupiter.
Receiving power on earth via a rectenna a microwave antenna.
Space based solar power essentially consists of three elements.
These cells directly convert light to electricity using a process called photovoltaics.
An orbiting solar array collecting and storing massive amounts of energy that s beamed to the surface.
If you had a solar panel array this big on earth in real life it would produce 10 kw during a clear sunny day.
The content is a solar panel array continuously extending and retracted alongside with music made with a harmonica.