{"id":75704,"date":"2018-02-02T02:02:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T10:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/caltech-and-grumman-partner-on-space-based-solar-power-initiative"},"modified":"2018-02-02T02:02:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T10:02:36","slug":"caltech-and-grumman-partner-on-space-based-solar-power-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/caltech-and-grumman-partner-on-space-based-solar-power-initiative","title":{"rendered":"Caltech and Grumman partner on Space Based Solar Power Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jATBbjU4IyA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtu.edu\/ece\/department\/faculty\/full-time\/zekavat\/pdfs\/ssp-2017\/ng-caltechpanel-sspi-technology-maturation-approved.pdf\" target=blank>Space Solar Power Initiative (SSPI) is a multi-year research in the field of Space Solar Power Initiative conducted by Caltech team in collaboration with Northrop Grumman (NG) Aerospace and Mission Systems division.<\/A><\/p>\n<p>SSPI approach: \u2022 Enabling technologies developed at Caltech \u2022 Ultra-light deployable space structures \u2022 High efficiency ultra-light photovoltaic (PV) \u2022 Phased Array and Power Transmission \u2022 Integration of concentrating PV, radiators, MW power conversion and antennas in single cell unit \u2022 Localized electronics and control for system robustness, electronic beam steering \u2022 Identical spacecraft flying in formation \u2022 Target is specific power over 2000 Watts per kilogram. This would cost competitive with ground-based power.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextbigfuture.com\/2018\/02\/caltech-and-grumman-partner-on-space-based-solar-power-initiative.html\">https:\/\/www.nextbigfuture.com\/2018\/02\/caltech-and-grumman-pa...ative.html<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Space Solar Power Initiative (SSPI) is a multi-year research in the field of Space Solar Power Initiative conducted by Caltech team in collaboration with Northrop Grumman (NG) Aerospace and Mission Systems division. SSPI approach: \u2022 Enabling technologies developed at Caltech \u2022 Ultra-light deployable space structures \u2022 High efficiency ultra-light photovoltaic (PV) \u2022 Phased Array and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1633,1514,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-power","category-space-travel","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}