FABRICATION FEASIBILITY STUDY OF A 30 WATT/POUND ROLL-UP SOLAR ARRAY – FIRST QUARTERLY REPORT

摘要

This is the First QuarierLy Report required by JPL Contract No. 951969 for a Fabrication Feasibility Study of a 30 Watt /Pound Roll-Up Solar Array. This study includes the parametric investigation of factors effecting the power/weight ratio and concentrates attention on the deployment/ retraction mechanisms and supporting structures rather than on the electrical aspects of the design. Preliminary parametric study results are presented as are also conceptual designs of components for two array supporting structure configurations.nThis report covers the activity between June 27. 1967 and September 30. 1967.