SEP solar array development testing
SEP solar array development testing
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This paper describes the test program of a lightweight 25 kW solar array for solar electric propulsion. A full-scale development wing was made of aluminum with the containment box cover of graphite-epoxy, while the flight design array wing uses a graphite-epoxy structure. The full-scale continuous longeron array extension mast was tested for performance on a water table, and the full scale wing was functionally tested to demonstrate automatic containment box unlocking, wing extension, and retraction, blanket tensioning, and automatic application of blanket preload. The wing was then tested to the Shuttle acoustic environment, followed by a thermal/vacuum test in which the wing was extended and retracted at high and low temperature. Finally, the wing was tested in vibration with sine and random vibration environments.
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SEP solar array development testing
Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference ; 1979 ; Boston, MA
1979-01-01
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English
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