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.


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    Title :

    The Preliminary Design of the GOSSAMER-1 Solar Sail Membrane and Manufacturing Strategies


    Additional title:

    Springer Praxis Books (formerly: Springer-Praxis Series)


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    Publication date :

    2014-02-04


    Size :

    19 pages




    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English






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