Array arcing in orbit - From LEO to GEO

37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Ferguson, D C ^a   Snyder, D B ^a   Vayner, B V ^a   Galofaro, J T ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); SOLAR CELL ARRAYS;

DESIGN FEATURES; ESSENTIAL FEATURES; FAILURE MECHANISM; GROUND TESTING; IN-ORBIT; SOLAR ARRAYS; SPACE SYSTEM;

ORBITS;

EID: 84982318564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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