Orbiting reflectors offer the possibility of illuminating large terrestrial solar power plants to enhance their output, particularly at dawn and dusk when their output is low but energy spot prices can be high. Whil. ••An end-to-end design of an orbiting solar reflector mission is presented.••. AcronymsAU Astronomical UnitECCRF Earth-centred co-rotating frameECIRF Earth-centred inertial reference frameCMG Control moment gyroISS I. While wireless (and optical) power transmission has been considered for space-based solar power (Glaser, 1992, Laracy et al., 2007, Rawer, 1982, Venugopal et al. The reference architecture is selected to illustrate the benefits and limitations of orbiting solar reflectors. Where possible, the architecture will be representative of current or near te. The reflectors in this study are assumed to be in a train-type orbital motion, following each other in a closely spaced configuration, as shown in Fig. 1. This reference orbit is.
