Ground testing a 20-meter inflation deployed solar sail

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1424-1431

  Mann, Troy ^a,d,e   Behun, Vaughn ^a,d,e   Lichodziejewski, David ^b,e   Derbes, Billy ^b,e   Sleight, David ^c,e,f  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b L'GARDE INC   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d M/S 230 ^*

^e AIAA   (United States)

^f MS 155 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; INFLATABLE STRUCTURES; NASA; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

GOSSAMER STRUCTURES; PROPELLANTLESS PROPULSION; SOLAR SAILS; SPACE EXPLORATION MISSIONS;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

EID: 34247164668     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-1707     Document Type: Conference Paper

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8. Lichodziejewski, D., Derbès, B., Reinert, R., Belvin, K., Slade, K., and Mann, T., "Development and Ground Testing of a Compactly Stowed Scalable Inflatably Deployed Solar Sail," 45th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials Conference, AIAA-2004-1507, 2004.
9. Greschik, G. and Mikulas, M.M., "Design Study of a Square Solar Sail Architecture," Center for Aerospace Structures, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
10. Lichodziejewski, D., Derbès, B., Slade, K., and Mann, T., "Vacuum Deployment and Testing of a 4-Quadrant Scalable Inflatable Rigidizable Solar Sail System," 46th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials Conference, AIAA-2005-2122, 2005.