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Many modern earth imaging satellites use something called "synthetic aperture radar" where the movement of the satellite is used to increase the aperture for th
by mattashii 3y ago
Many modern earth imaging satellites use something called "synthetic aperture radar" where the movement of the satellite is used to increase the aperture for the radar larger than the satellite's own dimensions.
Could a similar mechanism be used as well for space to earth energy transfer, or is that unrealistic at the orbital speeds of LEO?
- superkuh 3y agoSynthetic apertures are not applicable to power transmission. That's just information processing. The velocity at which you're traveling doesn't matter. It can be done from plane. Or balloon. Or a walking human. You just have to transmit and receive from spots some distance apart multiple times (in a smaller timescale than your target is moving).