Investigation results are presented of inflated satellites as it passes from sunlight to darkness and back again into sunlight; Project Echo satellite was used as model but analysis is applicable to general categories; internal condition and miscellaneous considerations; it is concluded that 1/2-mil thick 100-ft diam Mylar satellite inflated with anthraquinone retains its shape during course of orbit at 1000 mi altitude.
Inflated satellite characteristics in sunlight and darkness
Aerospace Eng
Aerospace Engineering ; 20 , n 4
1961
4 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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