SPS 2000 - A Demonstration Space Solar Power Concept Summary • Space segment demonstration concept for early hands-on experience in collecting and transmitting solar power • Cost target of demonstration is $10 per watt • "Civil Engineering" philosophy emphasizes importance of low cost and long operating lifetime over high efficiency and high technology • Low cost and low weight amorphous Silicon thin-film solar cells increase specific power of array • Satellite design is a triangular prism designed for robotic deployment of strips of solar panels on the two upper planes of the prism
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