据苏联的高级科学家透露说,苏联计划在空间装配巨大的太阳能动力人造卫星。这个计划将用苏联的新的巨型“能量”火箭把卫星组件发送入轨道。这种220英尺长的火箭将在1987年5月15号在哈萨克斯坦境内图拉塔姆附近的拜柯努尔航空港开始第一次试验飞行,它能载升100多吨荷重,比美国的航天飞机的动力至少大4倍。根据西方专家认为,苏联的太阳能人造卫星计划看来将分为几个阶段进行。在第一阶段,将建立以空间为基地的巨大太阳反射器,以便把阳光反射到地球上作夜间照明之用。在第二阶段,将在轨道上组装巨大的人造卫星, According to senior Soviet scientists, the Soviet Union plans to assemble giant solar-powered satellites in space. The plan is to send satellite components into orbit using the new giant “energy” rocket from the Soviet Union. The 220-foot-long rocket will begin its first pilot flight on May 15, 1987 at the Baikonur Airport near Tuladam in Kazakhstan, carrying more than 100 tons of payload, The power of the aircraft is at least 4 times larger. According to Western experts, the Soviet satellite’s solar satellite program appears to be divided into several phases. In the first phase, a huge space-based solar reflector will be built to reflect the sun’s rays to the earth for night-time lighting. In the second phase, huge orbiting satellites will be assembled on orbit,