Satellite Solar Panel Deployment Mechanism

A brushed dc motor has been utilized in the passive spring driven deployment mechanism to reduce the deployment speed.

Satellite solar panel deployment mechanism.

In order to use the dc motor as a damper its connector terminals have been connected with an external resistance in a closed circuit. The computer aided design cad files and all associated content posted to this website are created uploaded managed and owned by third party users. Honeybee robotics has a history of high performance solar array deployment systems for spacecraft. Download citation solar panel deployment analysis of a satellite system solar array panels of a satellite must be locked at an intended position in order to perform its mission successfully as.

This paper presents analytical simulation of drag braking during deployment of a solar array system of a small satellite within the space environment and helps the designer to detect problems during ground testing. Solar array deployment systems. The disclosed technology relates to satellite solar panel deployment. Unlike any discernible solar panel deployment mechanism with a flight history spacex s starlink engineers seem to have taken a style of deployment used successfully on the international space.

In particular the disclosed technology includes systems methods and mechanism configurations related to satellite solar panels including hinges hold down and release mechanisms and associated components utilized for stowing and controlled deployment of the satellite solar panels. Esa has developed a method for deploying solar concentrators that fits within the standard frame of the solar panels. This system enables more light to be captured per area of solar panel thus improving the performance whilst reducing cost and weight. A brushed dc motor has been utilized in the passive spring driven deployment mechanism to reduce the deployment speed.

This deployment mechanism has applications both within space and back on earth. The deployment mechanism dm is modeled by using mechanical desktop mdt software and analyzed by using finite element analysis package ansys 11. Our modular solar array drive mechanism sadm is based on our heritage in flight qualified solar array drives and other precision positioning devices for spacecraft including a bi axial solar array drive for afrl s deployable structures experiment dsx and msl.