| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 16, 2017
11th European Space Power Conference
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| Article Number | 01005 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Power Generation: Solar Generators | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20171601005 | |
| Published online | 23 May 2017 | |
Development of Innovative Mechanical Flexible Solar Array Architecture
1 Thales Alenia Space France, 5 allée des Gabians BP 99,06156 Cannes La Bocca Cedex (France)
2 CNES France, 18 avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9 (FRANCE)
Email: Bernard.Boulanger@thalesaleniaspace.com
Email: Marina.Heim@cnes.fr
Flexible solar array architecture is proposed instead of rigid one, for high power solar array used from space tug mission to GEO satellite one, but also for specific scientific mission. THALES ALENIA SPACE has developed with Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) support, innovative mechanical flexible solar array architecture, using 22 m long carbon tape-springs.
The first part of the study was to design, predict, verify carbon tape-springs mechanical behaviour during deployment and coiling phases at room temperature. THALES ALENIA SPACE built mechanical flexible solar array mock-up full scale width / half scale length and performed deployment and rolling-up tests.
The second part was to design, predict carbon tape-springs mechanical behaviour with large temperature range due to solar array missions. THALES ALENIA SPACE used again flexible solar array mock-up, performed deployment/coiling tests with innovative tape springs.
This 11th ESPC paper describes results of these development activities and the THALES ALENIA SPACE forecast on this flexible solar array market.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017
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