An example of an apparatus includes a spacecraft body and a solar array that is attached to the spacecraft body. In addition, a solar array spring element is configured to provide a force between the solar array and one or more components of a neighboring spacecraft in a stack of spacecraft.


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    Title :

    SOLAR ARRAY SPRING ELEMENTS FOR STACKING SPACECRAFT


    Contributors:
    YATES HARRY A (author) / BIENIEK RYAN (author) / SZETO ALAN J (author) / PSYK KATE (author) / BRIEND JONATHAN (author)

    Publication date :

    2024-10-24


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS



    SOLAR ARRAY SPRING ELEMENTS FOR STACKING SPACECRAFT

    YATES HARRY A / BIENIEK RYAN / SZETO ALAN J et al. | European Patent Office | 2024

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