High-Temperature Superconductors as Electromagnetic Deployment and Support Structures in SpacecraftThis report, concluding a one-year NIAC Phase I study, describes a new structural and mechanical technique aimed at reducing the mass and increasing the deployed-to-stowed length and volume ratios of spacecraft systems. This technique uses the magnetic fields generated by electrical current passing through coils of high‐temperature superconductors (HTSs) to support spacecraft structures and deploy them to operational configurations from their stowed positions inside a launch vehicle fairing.
Document ID
20160009295
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Other
Authors
Getliffe, Gwendolyn V. (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Inamdar, Niraj K. (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Masterson, Rebecca (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Miller, David W. (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
July 21, 2016
Publication Date
October 1, 2012
Subject Category
Electronics And Electrical EngineeringLaunch Vehicles And Launch Operations