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Space-Frame AntennaThe space-frame antenna is a conceptual antenna structure that would be lightweight, deployable from compact stowage, and capable of deforming itself to a size, shape, and orientation required for a specific use. The space-frame antenna would be a trusslike structure consisting mostly of a tetrahedral mesh of nodes connected by variable-length struts. The deformation of the antenna to a desired size, shape, and orientation would be effected through coordinated lengthening and shorting of the struts.
Document ID
20100001377
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Other - NASA Tech Brief
External Source(s)
http://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/6579
Authors
Curtis, Steven A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2010
Publication Information
Publication: NASA Tech Briefs, January 2010
Subject Category
Communications And Radar
Report/Patent Number
GSC-14849-1
Report Number: GSC-14849-1
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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