Spacecraft structure with symmetrical mass center and asymmetrical deployable appendages
US4684084A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 29, 1984 |
| Grant date | Aug 4, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S136/292
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An orbiting satellite system includes an asymmetrically deployed antenna and two deployable solar cell arrays. The solar cell arrays are deployed to a location which compensates for the asymmetry of the antenna so that the resulting station keeping thruster torques balance. Also, the system surfaces may be configured and the arrays so deployed to balance solar pressure torques on the system.
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