A new tubular boom deployment mechanism has been designed, built, and flown as part of the second Waves In Space Program (WISP-2) through Cornell University. For this program, two booms were needed to form a dipole antenna but existing units were found to be too complicated and costly. A low-cost alternative was developed which combined flight-proven tubular boom technology with a new support and deployment mechanism. The simplicity of this new design was a major factor in providing a highly reliable and cost-effective system.


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    Title :

    Low-cost tubular antenna deployer for WISP-2


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    Publication date :

    1995-05-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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