Furlable reflector concept for small satellites

19th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Tibert, A G ^a,b   Pellegrino, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; MESH GENERATION;

CABLE NETS; FOCAL LENGTH TO DIAMETER RATIO; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; RING STRUCTURES; TENSION TIE;

REFLECTION;

EID: 85067319668     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-1261     Document Type: Conference Paper

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