Deployable folded multi-element satellite subsystems
US4561614A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 7, 1982 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 2002 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S136/292
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A solar panel satellite subsystem includes a first and second set of solar panels and booms joined together end to end in series and to opposite sides of the spacecraft by spring bias hinges. These hinges include viscous fluid dampers. Each damper has its own heater and thermostat coupled thereto to maintain essentially the same damper temperature as the ground test temperature at each hinge and maintain essentially the same desired rate of deployment at each hinge.
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