Solar Power Satellites

From: Dave Handwerk

> We could slowly rotate the entire STEG, ISRCCs and
> all. It would also probably require rotating the
> entire SSPS, and having a method detached from the
> SSPS to steer the Microwave beam?

It's a tempting idea, but the problem with rotating the SSPS is that you
will then have gyroscopic forces which will make it difficult to steer
the array. And solar-concentrating SPS have more rigorous pointing
requirements than do flat PV arrays.

Regards,

Mike Combs