Ultralightweight Space Deployable Primary Reflector Demonstrator

Montgomery, Edward; Zeiders, Glenn W.; Smith, W. S.

doi:10.2514/6.2002-1704

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“…The tensegrity structure is a structure made of pure tension and pure compression members, which gives a minimal construction of free-standing structures. There are number of researches on the deployable tensegrity structure [14][15][16].…”

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confidence: 99%

Conceptual Study on Inflatable Tensegrity Module f...

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56th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, the International Academy of Astronaut

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Large-scale space structures have been usually launched in a single compact folded configuration and deployed to its functional configuration in space. However, this method is useful only to some extent because larger-scale construction cannot be transported as a single load. The whole structure must be divided into modules; multiple launches, deployments and assembly of them are indispensable. In this paper we propose a new model of constructing large-scale structures in space. To be specific, we deal with construction of the Solar Power Satellite (SPS). We show a design of deployable tensegrity module, assembled by using specially designed space manipulator robots. Result of structural analysis and deployment experiment of a prototype module are shown.

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confidence: 99%