The aim of the GOSSAMER-1 mission is an in-orbit deployment of versatile ultra-lightweight deployable sail hardware as a feasibility demonstration. The presented work focuses on the design and manufacturing of the sail membrane for GOSSAMER-1. The work has reached a preliminary design status which shall be presented in this paper. It includes mechanical analysis as well as a description of manufacturing strategies at the department of System Conditioning at the DLR Institute of Space Systems in Bremen.
The Preliminary Design of the GOSSAMER-1 Solar Sail Membrane and Manufacturing Strategies
Springer Praxis Books (formerly: Springer-Praxis Series)
2014-02-04
19 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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