SATELLITES HAVING AUTONOMOUSLY DEPLOYABLE SOLAR ARRAYS

Satellites having autonomously deployable solar arrays are disclosed. A disclosed example satellite includes a solar array, a sensor to detect that the satellite has exited a launch vehicle, a processor to, based on the satellite exiting the launch vehicle, enable release of magnets or locks of an a...

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Hauptverfasser:	Lemke, Gary E, Wasson, Chris J, Mills, John P, Cantu, Cecilia G
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AIRCRAFT AVIATION CALCULATING COMPUTING CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER COSMONAUTICS COUNTING ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING ELECTRICITY GENERATION GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-REDRADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, E.G. USINGPHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS MEASURING MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS NAVIGATION PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY PHYSICS SURVEYING TESTING TRANSPORTING VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
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Zusammenfassung:	Satellites having autonomously deployable solar arrays are disclosed. A disclosed example satellite includes a solar array, a sensor to detect that the satellite has exited a launch vehicle, a processor to, based on the satellite exiting the launch vehicle, enable release of magnets or locks of an array, a release controller to control the release of the magnets or the locks of the array based on a release sequence to autonomously deploy the solar array, and a sequence analyzer to adapt the release sequence during execution of the release sequence, wherein adapting the release sequence includes changing an order in which the magnets or the locks of the array are released based on a degree to which the solar array is unfolded.