A spacecraft (10), comprising a body (12), a solar array (30) with a support panel (32) which is connected to the body, and a thermal radiator (50) that is connected to the body and which includes a radiator substrate (52) that is thermally coupled to the body via at least one heat link (64). The solar array and thermal radiator are configured to be transitioned from a stowed state wherein the support panel and the radiator substrate are held fixed in an overlapping arrangement along and near the body, to a deployed state wherein the solar array is unfolded with the support panel positioned at a distance from the body and the radiator substrate is folded away from the body and the solar array. Preferably, the solar array and thermal radiator are flexible, to allow them to be kept in an overlapping and temporarily bent shape in the stowed state.
SOLAR PANEL AND FLEXIBLE RADIATOR FOR A SPACECRAFT
SONNENKOLLEKTOR UND FLEXIBLER HEIZKÖRPER FÜR EIN RAUMFAHRZEUG
PANNEAU SOLAIRE ET RADIATEUR SOUPLE POUR UN ENGIN SPATIAL
2020-11-04
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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