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Power System
The power system is the most important part of SunWire. The power harvest system for each satellite consists of mirrors, stretched lens arrays, gyrotrons, and a dish antenna to transmit the energy back to earth.
Highlights include:
10 GW harvest to 1.03 GW delivered on earth
10.3% efficiency
24 GHz downlink to earth
1.5 PV Arrays
Gyrotrons used to convert from DC to Microwaves
One 100 m diameter dish in space
2150 100 m diameter dishes on the ground
System Efficiency
The sub-pages in this section have details of our design and calculations.
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