Vacuum deployment and testing of a 4-quadrant scalable inflatable rigidizable solar sail system

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages 3990-4002

  Lichodziejewski, David ^a   Derbès, Billy ^a   Slade, Kara ^b,c   Mann, Troy ^b,c  

^a L'GARDE INC   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Research and Technology Directorate   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

SCALABILITY; SOLAR SAIL; ULTRA-LOW MASS GOSSAMER; VACUUM DEPLOYMENT;

SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

EID: 28844454656     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-3927     Document Type: Conference Paper

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