A three segment, 15-foot boom mechanism was developed to deploy magnetometers from the Pioneer Venus orbiter spinning shelf. The stowage mechanism is designed to contain the magnetometers during launch and to deploy these instruments by centrifugal force upon pyrotechnic release. Unique graphite-epoxy boom segments are used for a lightweight design with sufficient strength to withstand a 7.5 g orbit insertion force while extended. The detailed design is described, along with the test methods developed for qualification in a one-g field.


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    Title :

    Magnetometer deployment mechanism for Pioneer Venus


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    Publication date :

    1977-04-28


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





    Deployment mechanisms on Pioneer Venus probes

    Townsend, W. L. / Miyakawa, R. H. / Meadows, F. R. | NTRS | 1979


    Pioneer Venus

    Fimmel, Richard O. / Colin, Lawrence / Burgess, Eric | NTRS | 1983