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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1999
Alain Noir, Courbevoie, FR;
Christophe Prud'hon, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
No{umlaut over (e)}l Antoine, Mantes la Jolie, FR;
Guillaume Cautru, Poses, FR;
Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle, Paris, FR;
Abstract
An antenna reflector for a spacecraft is elastically deformable so as to be capable of changing from a folded position, when inside the spacecraft, to a deployed position, outside the spacecraft, at least partly under the action of its own elasticity. The reflector is separated into at least two parts by first opposing slot edges forming a crossing slot, so that in the folded position, the first opposing edges move with respect to each other so as to allow a protruding peripheral part of the reflector to be arranged closer to a longitudinal end of the spacecraft with damaging any portion of the reflector. In one embodiment, the two parts may be further separated by a radial slot which is arranged substantially orthogonal to the crossing slot.