Microwave Energy Transmission in Space (METS) The first space-borne experiment in the METS program, ISY METS, will be launched in 1993. One objective of this experiment is to demonstrate the feasibility of wireless energy transmission in space. The other objective is to study non-linear plasma effects due to the high power microwave energy beam in the space environment. A microwave beam of 936W at 2.45GHz will be transmitted from the mother section of the rocket to a daughter section using a newly developed phased array antenna. Previous work in this program included a ground-based energy transmission test using a small airplane as a target, the Microwave Lifted Aircraft Experiment, MINAX, in 1992. Kaya, N. et al, Rocket experiment METS - Microwave Energy Transmission in Space,SPS ‘91. Power from Space, Soci&6 des Ing6nieiurs at Scientifiques de France, p. 336,1991S Space Flyer Unit Energy Mission The Space Flyer Unit (SFU) is a free flying platform retrievable by Space Shattle. The ISAS SPS Working Group is proposing the SFU Energy Mission as a follow-on mission to conduct SPS related research. The following experiments are proposed on the mission: Termo-dynamic Power Generation Experiment (TDPGE), Electric Propulsion Experiment (EPEX), Microwave Energy Transmission in
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