A. Meguro et al., A MODULAR CABLE-MESH DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURE FOR LARGE-SCALE SATELLITE COMMUNICATION ANTENNAS, Electronics & communications in Japan. Part 1, Communications, 77(8), 1994, pp. 90-100
This paper describes a concept and key technologies for a modular mesh
deployable antenna. A modular concept is suggested. The advantage of
the modular concept and the influence of alignment errors on the surfa
ce accuracy are estimated quantitatively. The antenna reflector consis
ts of a mesh surface, a cable network, and deployable truss modules. T
he cable network comprises three kinds of cables-surface, tie, and bac
k cables. Adjustment of tie cable lengths improves the surface accurac
y. Synchronous deployment truss structures are considered as a support
ing structure. Their design method, bread board models, and deployment
analysis are explained.