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Various parts of the spacecraft often have to be deployed on orbit. These may include solar panels, antennas, gravity gradient booms and various other booms and instruments of the payload. There are two main rules for designing deployables.
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Sebestyen, G., Fujikawa, S., Galassi, N., Chuchra, A. (2018). Deployment Mechanisms. In: Low Earth Orbit Satellite Design. Space Technology Library, vol 36. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68315-7_10
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