Simplified spacecraft antenna reflector for stowage in confined

Details Simplified spacecraft antenna reflector for stowage in confined Simplified spacecraft antenna reflector for stowage in confined

1995-06-30

1996-11-12

Hajec, Donald T.

Communications: radio wave antennas

Antennas

Antenna components

343DIG2, 342 8, 29600, H01Q 1520

Patent

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055744729

ABSTRACT:
A method for stowing a unitary flexible antenna reflector 10 in a confining envelope and deploying the reflector from the envelope. In a most general sense, the invention includes the steps of: a) applying a deforming force to diametrically opposed positions 16 and 18 near an edge of the reflector 10 to place the reflector in a deformed state; b) maintaining the reflector 10 in the deformed state until deployment; and c) releasing the reflector 10 from the deformed state. In a specific embodiment, the step of maintaining the reflector 10 in a deformed state includes the step of attaching a restraining element between the diametrically opposed positions on the edge of the reflector which is released on deployment.

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