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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2006
Stanley Canter, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Jane R. Felland, Palos Verdes, CA (US);
David P. Freidhoff, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Dennis Y. Nakasone, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Stanley Canter, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Jane R. Felland, Palos Verdes, CA (US);
David P. Freidhoff, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Dennis Y. Nakasone, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for deploying a fixed and canted solar array of a satellite. The solar array is rotated in a first plane and about a first axis from a stowed position to a first position, rotated about a second axis orthogonal to the first axis from the first position to a deployed position determined by a deployment orbit of the satellite, and locked in the deployed position to prevent further motion of the solar array relative to a satellite body for the operational life of the satellite.