Block, Joachim and Spröwitz, Tom and Bendel, Anne-Marie and Junghans, Maria and Leipold, Thomas (2009) DEPLOYMENT BOOM CONCEPTS FOR THE POSITIONING OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS ON PLANETARY SURFACES. European Conference on Spacecraft Structures, Materials and Mechanical Testing, 15.-17. Sept. 2009, Toulouse, France.
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Abstract
The in-situ exploration of planetary surfaces by lander vehicles requires in most cases suited deployment tools which can mechanically release the involved instru-ments from their stowed configuration and bring them into their desired operating position beside or above the lander platform. The concepts described in this paper refer to a multi-link deployment boom which can solve this task with minimum complexity but maximum reliability. This boom was particularly designed for soil-oriented instruments. Each of its links consists of an ultralight carbonfiber structure combined with a redundant electrical drive in the axes which is simple but efficient. The boom can climb across various ob-stacles while it rolls away from the lander and simulta-neously unfolds itself. Analyses, simulations, and tests have shown that the multi-link unfoldable deployment boom is a promising tool for planetary exploration missions.
Item URL in elib: | https://elib.dlr.de/64612/ | ||||||||||||||||||
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Document Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Speech, Paper) | ||||||||||||||||||
Title: | DEPLOYMENT BOOM CONCEPTS FOR THE POSITIONING OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS ON PLANETARY SURFACES | ||||||||||||||||||
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Date: | 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | No | ||||||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | No | ||||||||||||||||||
Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||
Keywords: | lightweight structures, deployable structures, foldable booms, deployment | ||||||||||||||||||
Event Title: | European Conference on Spacecraft Structures, Materials and Mechanical Testing | ||||||||||||||||||
Event Location: | Toulouse, France | ||||||||||||||||||
Event Type: | international Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
Event Dates: | 15.-17. Sept. 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
Organizer: | ESA/ ESTEC | ||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport (old) | ||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Space (old) | ||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | W RP - Raumtransport | ||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Space | ||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | W RP - Raumtransport | ||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | W - Raumfahrzeugsysteme - Konzepte und Entwurf (old) | ||||||||||||||||||
Location: | Bremen | ||||||||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Space Systems > System Analysis Space Segment | ||||||||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Behrens, Nicola | ||||||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 12 Jul 2010 09:58 | ||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2019 19:28 |
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