DEPLOYMENT AND RIGIDIZATION TEST OF A LARGE INFLATABLE SOLAR COLLECTOR.

Abstract

This test report presents the results of a high-vacuum deployment and rigidization test of a 10-foot-diameter inflatable solar collector. This solar collector was tested in the recently completed Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory's 29-foot-diameter space simulation chamber. A description of this chamber is included. The results of this test indicate that this collector represented state of the art in inflatable solar collector technology. All test objectives including deployment, inflation, and rigidization were successfully accomplished. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0818987

Entities

People

  • Richard E. Quigley Jr

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accumulators
  • Air Force
  • Chambers
  • Deployment
  • Diameters
  • High Vacuum
  • Simulations
  • Solar Collectors
  • Space Simulation Chambers
  • Vacuum

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Solar Photovoltaics and Thermoelectric Devices.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster