Aeronautics and astronautics – Spacecraft – With payload accommodation
Patent
1995-07-20
1998-07-28
Kashnikow, Andres
Aeronautics and astronautics
Spacecraft
With payload accommodation
74 8922, 16 82, 136292, 136265, B64G 144
Patent
active
057852804
ABSTRACT:
A hybrid solar panel array is mounted on a satellite sidewall for movement between a stowed position proximate the satellite sidewall and a deployed position extending away from the satellite sidewall. The array comprises a yoke pivotally mounted on the satellite sidewall and first and second rigid solar panels, the first panel being pivotally mounted to the yoke, the first and second panels being hinged together. In one embodiment, a plurality of semi-rigid solar panels are pivotally mounted to the first and second rigid solar panels. In another embodiment, a flexible solar panel is attached to the rigid solar panels. Drive mechanisms are operable for moving the array from a stowed position proximate a satellite sidewall to a deployed position extending away from the satellite sidewall. The rigid panels are so moved in a synchronous operation and the semi-rigid and flexible solar panels are so moved in a sequential operation.
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Dinh Tien
Kashnikow Andres
Space Systems Loral, Inc.
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