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GB1176184A - Extensible Outrigger for a Spacecraft - Google Patents

Extensible Outrigger for a Spacecraft

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Publication number
GB1176184A
GB1176184A GB23726/67A GB2372667A GB1176184A GB 1176184 A GB1176184 A GB 1176184A GB 23726/67 A GB23726/67 A GB 23726/67A GB 2372667 A GB2372667 A GB 2372667A GB 1176184 A GB1176184 A GB 1176184A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
members
spacecraft
extend
satellite
gas
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Expired
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GB23726/67A
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Boelkow GmbH
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Boelkow GmbH
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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/22—Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/22—Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/222—Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles for deploying structures between a stowed and deployed state
    • B64G1/2221—Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles for deploying structures between a stowed and deployed state characterised by the manner of deployment
    • B64G1/2227—Inflating
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/22—Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/42—Arrangements or adaptations of power supply systems
    • B64G1/44—Arrangements or adaptations of power supply systems using radiation, e.g. deployable solar arrays
    • B64G1/443—Photovoltaic cell arrays
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/22—Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/66—Arrangements or adaptations of apparatus or instruments, not otherwise provided for
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S136/00—Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric
    • Y10S136/291—Applications
    • Y10S136/292—Space - satellite

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Sustainable Development (AREA)
  • Rigid Pipes And Flexible Pipes (AREA)
  • Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)
  • Control Of Position, Course, Altitude, Or Attitude Of Moving Bodies (AREA)

Abstract

1,176,184. Spacecraft. BOLKOW G.m.b.H. 22 May, 1967 [26 May, 1966], No. 23726/67. Heading B7W. [Also in Division H4] A spacecraft (e.g. a satellite 1) includes an outrigger assembly 2 comprising at least two flexible tube-like supporting members 3 (e.g. of rubberized or plasticized fabric) each attached at one end (e.g. by joints 5, a pipe 6 and a swivellable coupling 7) to the spacecraft from which gas may be passed into the members (e.g. from a container 8 via flexible tubes 9 to the outer ends 10) to inflate and extend same from a stored position in which the members are wound up (e.g. round the satellite body) the members carrying means to accommodate solar cells, aerials or the like. Between the members 3 may extend spacers 4 which are either rigid or inflatable. The members 3 may incorporate weights (13), Figs. 5a and 5b (not shown) and flat springs (12) to re-wind the members when deflated or an internal coating which foams and solidifies in response to a catalytic gas.
GB23726/67A 1966-05-26 1967-05-22 Extensible Outrigger for a Spacecraft Expired GB1176184A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DEB87304A DE1257593B (en) 1966-05-26 1966-05-26 Extension arm for spacecraft

Publications (1)

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GB1176184A true GB1176184A (en) 1970-01-01

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DE (1) DE1257593B (en)
GB (1) GB1176184A (en)

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DE3621430A1 (en) * 1985-06-27 1987-01-08 Rca Corp LARGE, DEVELOPABLE SOLAR CELL ARRANGEMENT
GB2187512A (en) * 1985-11-08 1987-09-09 Cecil Arthur Johnson Combined solar power and wind power generator
WO1990012736A1 (en) * 1989-04-27 1990-11-01 University Of Lowell Self-deploying structural element
US5164129A (en) * 1989-04-27 1992-11-17 University Of Lowell Method of fabricating a self-deploying structural element
US6585193B1 (en) * 2000-10-30 2003-07-01 Lockheed Martin Corporation Spacecraft with integrated pulsed-plasma thrusters
CN104443440A (en) * 2014-12-01 2015-03-25 中国林业科学研究院资源昆虫研究所 Butterfly scaly wing development based spatial bionic stretchable structure
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CN110901958A (en) * 2019-11-20 2020-03-24 上海卫星工程研究所 Lightweight foldable large-scale flexible solar cell array supporting structure
CN111059206A (en) * 2019-12-28 2020-04-24 中国科学院沈阳自动化研究所 Piezoelectric active vibration damper of flexible solar wing supporting structure

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