PACKAGING SCHEME • Star-shaped scheme for torus, occupying a hollow cylinder of 0.44-m height, 0.25-m outer radius, and 0.125-m inner radius • Membrane packaged inside the cylinder’s hollow, according to a still undefined scheme • Package height determines maximum meridian radius • Torus packaging efficiency determines maximum crown radius • Maximum rectenna size also limited by the requirement on the membrane’s packaging efficiency PACKAGING EFFICIENCY • Required torus packaging efficiency for baseline: 6.7% • Required membrane packaging efficiency for baseline: 14.8% • Range of experimental packaging efficiencies: - 5.7% for Contraves ISRS antenna reflectors (20 m2) - 21 - 36% for NASA’s inflatable satellites (40 - 2900 m2)
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