A deployable satellite mast consisting of an inflatable tube, which is stored in fan-fold form before deployment and can be deployed by filling the tube with a gas, and which comprises a device for reinforcing and facilitating the deployment of the mast, which device is external to the mast and comprises one or more stays, first ends of which are wound on a reel device and second ends of which are secured to the tube, with the stays unwinding from the reel when the mast is deployed.
Deployable satellite mast
2023-10-03
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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