Testing Large Ultra-lightweight Spacecraft documents the novel testing approaches that are unique to large ultra-lightweight space platforms. A follow-on volume to Gossamer Spacecraft: Membrane and Inflatable Structures Technology for Space Applications (AIAA, 2001) and Recent Advances in Gossamer Spacecraft (AIAA, 2006), it addresses continued maturation in the technology as witnessed by the following factors: Deploying larger space platforms from smaller packed volumes, with fewer moving parts and more strain energy enforcements. Deployment articulations are becoming more complex, with more...
Testing Large Ultra-lightweight Spacecraft documents the novel testing approaches that are unique to large ultra-lightweight space platforms. A follow...
