| Autor: |
Patrick Senatore, Jeffery Walters, Daniel J. Becker, Jeremy Nash, Rachel Trabert, Clark Hoffman, Darren McKague, Patrick Martinchek, Andrew Chou, Nathan McKay, Andrew T. Klesh, James Cutler |
| Rok vydání: |
2010 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference. |
| DOI: |
10.2514/6.2010-7654 |
| Popis: |
The eXtendable Solar Array System (XSAS) is a novel CubeSat solar power technology that uses a deployable array for increased solar panel area and gravity gradient stabilization. This system can be packaged into a 1.5U CubeSat configuration and, once deployed, extends out to a maximum of 2 meters. With this additional surface area, XSAS can provide up to five times the amount of power of standard CubeSat configurations as well as provide gravity gradient stabilization. The current version of XSAS has undergone iterated design and testing. In this paper, testing results are presented including ground testing of the apparatus and microgravity deployment. Initial results are provided of the deployment characteristics through position, acceleration and strain measurements and recommendations are made for CubeSat developers working on other deployables based on these findings. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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