Solar Smiles ت ت ت ت ت Solar Power Satellite (SPS)

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(: Solar Smiles :) - (SPS)

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Brief Info on the Pros and Cons of SPS

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Advantages of SPS

SPSs can receive sunlight 98% of the time [1] -"a satellite in a high geosynchronous orbit (35,887 km altitude) is rarely shaded by the Earth"[1] -"no atmosphere or clouds" to block the sloar radiation to the SPS"[1]
It can create new job opportunities in related fields and idustries

Disadvantages of SPS

Expensive to lauch them into space
Short lifespan -"satellites in geosynchronous orbit are outside the Earth's magnetosphere, leaving them open to bombardment by charged particles, this will drastically limit their lifetime" [1]

Reference

[1] R. McLeod, (2006). Entropy Production: Solar Power Satellite [online]. (Information on Edition unavailable). EntropyProduction.blogspot.com: R. McLeod. Available from: http://entropyproduction.blogspot.com/2006/07/solar-power-satellite.html [Last Accessed 30 March 2008]

Researched by: Shao Ting
Compiled by: Shao Ting
Posted by: Shao Ting

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