Revolutionary satellite structural systems technology: A vision for the future

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 1998, Pages 57-67

  Das, A ^a   Obal, M W ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OTG Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; SATELLITES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURES; MIRRORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; THIN FILMS;

DEPLOYABLE SYSTEMS; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; LAUNCH VEHICLE PAYLOADS; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURES; PRECISION MECHANISMS; SPACECRAFT STRUCTURES; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS; ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHTS;

SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES;

LIGHTWEIGHT FLEXIBLE SOLAR ARRAY SYSTEMS; MULTIFUNCTIONAL STRUCTURES SATELLITE; ULTRALIGHT PRECISION DEPLOYABLE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031622415     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.1998.687897     Document Type: Conference Paper

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