A dual-use spring attached to a small satellite that performs two common functions for small satellites including operating as a communications antenna for the small satellite, which eliminates the need for a separate antenna deployment step, and ejecting the small satellite from a modified deployment container mounted on a launch vehicle. The deployment container is modified by removing a conventional deployment spring and pusher plate, which increases available container space.
Small satellite communications antenna and container deployment mechanism
2023-02-21
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
NTRS | 1979
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