A deployer for storing and deploying a boom from a satellite, with antennas and sensors attached to the boom. The deployer includes a motor disposed within a drum and a motor shaft coupled to the drum for rotating the drum. The drum has a circular cross section and the boom, stowed in a stowed cross-sectional configuration, is wrapped around the drum with a first end of the boom attached to the drum. As the drum rotates, the boom is deployed. A tensioning mechanism applies radially inward directed forces on the folded and wrapped boom while the motor rotates the drum for deploying the boom. A microprocessor responsive to a plurality of sensors controls boom deployment.


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    Title :

    BOOM DEPLOYER FOR IN ORBIT DEPLOYMENT OF SATELLITE STRUCTURES, ANTENNAS, AND SENSORS


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2025-07-17


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS



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