Aeronautics and astronautics – Spacecraft – With payload accommodation
Patent
1981-01-26
1983-02-01
Barefoot, Galen L.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Spacecraft
With payload accommodation
126425, 126438, 136292, 322 2R, B64G 100, B64G 144
Patent
active
043711359
ABSTRACT:
A solar energy reflector useful in space-oriented apparatus for reflecting the rays of the sun to a panel carrying solar cells. The solar cells generate direct current power for conversion into microwave energy for transmission to the earth or other spacecraft. The reflector comprises a rotating mirror and a fixed mirror arranged to reflect the solar energy rays to the solar cell panel continuously.
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Barefoot Galen L.
Cohen Samuel
RCA Corporation
Troike Robert L.
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