Several boom arrangements were proposed for the Hawkeye spacecraft. The design chosen to fly consists of one pair of stem roll-out booms and a set of telescopic booms. Some of the advantages of choosing this boom configuration were that the booms could be stored in the belt line area, which is near the center of gravity of the spacecraft, and also with the approach the telescopic booms could be extended at the spacecraft's initial spin rate (180 rpm). By being able to extend these booms at the initial spin rate of the spacecraft the need for a despin system was eliminated, thus weight saving to the spacecraft. With the method of storage and extension employed by the telescopic design, the desirable sensor distance from the spacecraft could also be attained.
Telescopic booms for the Hawkeye spacecraft
01.10.1973
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