NASA NTRS · 19730010160
Flexible solar-array mechanism
Abstract
One of the key elements of the flexible rolled-up solar array system is a mechanism to deploy, retract, and store the flexible solar-cell arrays. The selection of components, the design of the mechanism assembly, and the tests that were performed are discussed. During 6 months in orbit, all mission objectives were satisfied, and inflight performance has shown good correlation with preflight analyses and tests.
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Olson, M. C.. 1972-11-01. Flexible solar-array mechanism. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19730010160
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