Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-13 — 64th International Astronautical Congress

C3. SPACE POWER SYMPOSIUM

Reliable energy systems continue to be key for all space missions. The successful future exploration and development of space depends on the research into and deployment of new, more affordable and more reliable energy sources of diverse types ranging from the very small to the extraordinarily large. Moreover, the continuing support of government-sponsored space activities by the public will require that these activities serve human needs in obvious ways. One visionary way to achieve the latter goal is to provide non-polluting, economical energy from space to terrestrial users. The Space Power Symposium will address all aspects of space power systems, covering the whole range of such systems from power generation, energy conversion and storage, power management, power transmission and distribution at system and sub-system levels including commercial considerations, with an emphasis on new, advanced concepts. It will thus also include, but not be restricted, to topics such as advanced solar and nuclear systems for spacecraft power and propulsion, novel power generation and energy harvesting, and examine the prospects for using space-based power plants to provide energy remotely to the Earth or other planets.

Coordinator: Leopold Summerer
European Space Agency (ESA) — The Netherlands

C3.1. Space-Based Solar Power Architectures – New Governmental and Commercial Concepts and Ventures

This session deals with all aspects of architectures and concepts for space-based solar power plants. It will be structured in two half-sessions, one focusing on governmental activities and one concentrating on the increasingly active commercial ventures in this domain. By doing so, it provides a unique common platform to discuss these two very different approaches and contribute to a cross-fertilisation between the two communities. Topically it will include all system-level, architectural, organisational and commercial aspects of solar power from space, including modelling and optimisation as well as non-technical aspects of space solar power. While primarily focused on concepts delivering solar power for terrestrial needs, space-to-space architectures will also be covered.

Chairman

Leopold Summerer
European Space Agency (ESA) — The Netherlands

John C. Mankins
ARTEMIS Innovation Management Solutions, LLC — United States

Rapporteur: Nobuyuki Kaya
Kobe University — Japan

C3.2. Wireless Power Transmission Technologies, Experiments and Demonstrations

This session focuses on all aspects of wireless power transmission systems. It covers all type of wireless power transmission technologies, including laser, microwave-based as well as novel wireless power transmission technologies from the short ranges (e.g. within spacecraft or between two surface installations) up the very large distances for space exploration and power transmission from space to ground. The session includes theoretical as well as applied and experimental results, including emitter/receiver antenna architectures and deployment.

Chairman

Nobuyuki Kaya
Kobe University — Japan

Frank Little
Texas A&M University — United States

Rapporteur

Massimiliano Vasile
University of Strathclyde — United Kingdom

Frank Steinsiek
Airbus Defense and Space — Germany

C3.3. Advanced Space Power Technologies and Concepts

This session covers all type of advanced space power technologies and concepts. These include technologies and concepts related to power generation (solar, nuclear, other) and harvesting, power conditioning, management and distribution, energy storage, and energy generation. This session focuses on the power systems in the hundreds of watts and above, including large power systems for telecom spacecraft and novel power architectures for planetary, asteroid and lunar exploration scenarios up to MW size nuclear reactor systems.

Chairman

Carla Signorini
European Space Agency (ESA) — The Netherlands

Koji Tanaka
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency — Japan

Rapporteur

Leopold Summerer
European Space Agency (ESA) — The Netherlands

Lee Mason
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Glenn Research Center — United States

C3.4. Small and Very Small Advanced Space Power Systems

This session is devoted to emerging concepts of very small power systems typically below the tens of watts but including micro and milli-watt power harvesting technologies. While the space power market is still dominated by increasing power systems for large platforms, essentially telecom platforms, a dynamic market is emerging on the low power and low performance fringes of space in the form of nano-, micro and mini spacecraft. This session is dedicated to power systems for such applications as well as for very low power, long-duration exploration probes and sensors.

Chairman

Massimiliano Vasile
University of Strathclyde — United Kingdom

Shoichiro Mihara
Japan Space Systems — Japan

Rapporteur

Alex Ignatiev
— United States

Susumu Sasaki
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), ISAS — Japan

C3.5-C4.7. Joint Session on Nuclear Propulsion and Power

This session, organised jointly between the Space Power and the Space Propulsion Symposium, includes papers addressing all aspects related to nuclear power and propulsion for space applications.

Chairman

Leopold Summerer
European Space Agency (ESA) — The Netherlands

Mariano Andrenucci
Independent consultant — Italy

Rapporteur: Jacques Gigou
European Space Agency (ESA) — France

C3.P. Poster Session

Chairman: Leopold Summerer
European Space Agency (ESA) — The Netherlands