NASA NTRS · 19820014853
An interferometer based phase control system
Abstract
An interferometer based phase control system for focusing and pointing the solar power satellite (SPS) power beam is discussed. The system is ground based and closed loop. One receiving antenna is required on Earth. A conventional uplink data channel transmits an 8 bit phase error correction back to the SPS for sequential calibration of each power module. Beam pointing resolution is better than 140 meters at the rectenna.
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Ott, J. H., Rice, J. S.. 1980-07-01. An interferometer based phase control system. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19820014853
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