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Greeting "b",

Your quite right. There are many small parts, that
fit into 17 ElectroMagnetic Launch Craft (EMLC) whose
payload can be up to 1 Ton metric (Tm), and with a
volume up to 37 cm. in diameter (14.5") by about 10 m
(32.8') in length. An Autonomous Robotic
Tele-Operated (ARTO) device will be assembled at the
ISS and checked out prior to moving it to its final
position in GEO. At it's geosynchronous station, the
ARTO device will assemble one SSPS each 4 hours. Each
SSPS will generate about 2.4 MW of electricity. By
the time this power enters our power grids, it is
reduced to 1.25 MW (electric), due to various losses.
Note that multiple SSPSs can be ganged together to
allow higher power beams to the various earth
receivers.

Assembling the ARTO devices at the ISS and checking
them out (again) in the low gee, space environment, is
not all the manpower required. Operators on earth
must also monitor and control the assembly process and
check that each process was accomplished properly.
However, with experience one operator should be able
to manage 4 or more ARTO assemblers concurrently. So
one person would direct the construction of 8 or more
SSPSs per 8 hour day. We expect the ultimate capacity
of 84 or so of these SSPSs per day.

This data is from calculations I have done for a paper
I am writing for some future presentation.

Dave Handwerk

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