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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Main Authors Lemke, Gary E, Wasson, Chris J, Mills, John P, Cantu, Cecilia G
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 13.04.2023
Subjects
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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Summary: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.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202218065276