A retractable mast solar array includes a collapsible boom extensible by a boom deployer. At least one foldable upper arm assembly is coupled to the collapsible boom. At least one foldable lower arm assembly coupled to the collapsible boom. A foldable solar array includes two or more columns of blanket elements, each column of blanket elements is affixed at one end to the at least one foldable upper arm assembly and at an opposite end to the at least one foldable lower arm assembly. In a stowed state, the two or more columns of blanket elements are stowed folded in either or both of the at least one foldable upper arm assembly or the at least one foldable lower arm assembly, and in a deployed state, the two or more columns of blanket elements are unfolded to a deployed solar array.
RETRACTABLE MAST SOLAR ARRAY
2022-10-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | H02S GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-RED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, E.G. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES , Erzeugung elektrischer Energie durch Umwandlung von Infrarot-Strahlung, sichtbarem Licht oder ultraviolettem Licht, z.B. unter Verwendung von Photovoltaik [PV]-Modulen / B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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