Earth Notes: General Bibliography (viale2023orbiting)
General public bibliography for EOU and related research. #bibliography #dataset
- [viale2023orbiting] Viale, Andrea and Çelik, Onur and Oderinwale, Temitayo and Sulbhewar, Litesh and McInnes, Colin R. A reference architecture for orbiting solar reflectors to enhance terrestrial solar power plant output, Elsevier BV, , Advances in Space Research, volume 72, report/number 4, ISSN 0273-1177, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2023.05.037, article/pages 1304–1348 (article) (BibTeX).
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[An end-to-end design of an orbiting solar reflector mission is presented. Five 250-m side length hexagon reflectors selected for 1-km equivalent disk. 13 large solar power farms serviced daily to deliver a total of 284 MWh energy. CMGs of 6.5-m radius needed to track/reorient reflectors during/between passes. Target price $70/MWh achieved for 5% discount rate and $232/kg launch cost.]