Patent ID: 9150312
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: B64G

Abstract:
1. A Coupled Solar-Sail-Power-Station System for Space based power generation and transfer comprising: two or more collector unit mothership spacecraft, said two or more mothership spacecraft each having solar cell arrays and a central docking station; two or more connector unit daughter spacecraft, said two or more daughter spacecraft each having an outer thruster ring for steering and attitude control; one or more transmission units for transmitting energy collected by the solar cell arrays; wherein said central docking stations have movable and conductive docking brackets configured to hold the outer thruster ring of a respective one of said two or more daughter spacecraft, wherein electric power is supplied to said one or more transmission units via power cables, said power cables being connected at one end to one of said one or more transmission units and at a second end to one of said two or more daughter spacecraft.