39th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and Exhibit · 1998 · 11 citations · 4 references
EngineeringAerospace EngineeringElectrical EngineeringAntennasGlobal Navigation Satellite SystemsSpacecraft DesignAntenna DesignAntenna RadiationObservatory InstrumentationDeployable AntennasDeploymentGlobal Navigation Satellite System AntennasResponse AnalysisSatellite Antenna Design
Copyright American Institute of Aeronautics and Astornautics, Inc., 1998. All rights reserved. space [5]. The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan, launched the engineering test satellite for space communications in February, 1997, which is called MUSES-B (the second Mu Space Engineering Satellite) [6]. Its astronomical object is to perform the VLBI Space Observatory Program (VSOP) [7], and it is now renamed HALCA (Highly Advanced Laboratory forCommunications and Astronomy). It has a deployable high precision mesh antenna system [8,9], whose effective diameter is eight meter, and it was successfully deployed in late February, 1997 to become a first large full-scale high precision space antenna in the world. In this paper, the planned deployment sequence of the antenna system on ground and the actual sequence in space are introduced. Some results of motion and response analysis of the satellite during deployment estimated by onboard attitude sensors are also shown.
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Large inflatable deployable antenna flight experiment results
R. E. Freeland, G. D. Bilyeu, Gordon Veal et al. · Acta Astronautica · 1997 · 176 citations
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Ground adjustment procedure of a deployable high accuracy mesh antenna for space VLBI mission
M. C. Natori, Tadashi Takano, T. Noda et al. · 39th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and Exhibit · 1998 · 19 citations
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