Spacecraft Solar Array Deployment Analysis: A Probabilistic Approach

841583

10/01/1984

Event
Aerospace Congress and Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
The mission objective of the TRW satellite requires four solar arrays be deployed simultaneously following separation from the inertial upper stage (IUS) booster. Due to the mechanical system's tolerances, the mass properties control procedure, and in-orbit temperature variation, as well as the potential for satellite tumbling, the possibility of sequential latch-up of flexible solar arrays becomes realistic. To determine the influence of sequential solar array latching on the deployment loads is, therefore, of great practical importance. Although the problem should be treated as a nonstationary stochastic process, the difficulty in obtaining an exact solution renders the process unsuitable. In response, this paper presents a Monte Carlo method for approximating a solution to such a problem.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/841583
Pages
8
Citation
Simonian, S., and Lee, W., "Spacecraft Solar Array Deployment Analysis: A Probabilistic Approach," SAE Technical Paper 841583, 1984, https://doi.org/10.4271/841583.
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Published
Oct 1, 1984
Product Code
841583
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English