Development of flight hardware for a large, inflatable-deployable antenna experiment

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 38, Issue 4-8, 1996, Pages 251-260

  Freeland, R E ^a   Bilyeu, G D ^b   Veal, G R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b L'GARDE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INFLATABLE STRUCTURES; RELIABILITY;

FLIGHT HARDWARE; INFLATABLE DEPLOYABLE ANTENNAS;

SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0030080663     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0094-5765(96)00030-6     Document Type: Article

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