Iqela elivela kwiZiko loPhando laseLangley leNASA kunye namaqabane avela kwiZiko loPhando laseAmes leNASA, iNano Avionics, kunye neRobotics Systems Laboratory yeYunivesithi yaseSanta Clara baphuhlisa umsebenzi we-Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3). Inkqubo ye-composite boom ekhaphukhaphu enokusetyenziselwa kunye nenkqubo ye-solar sail, oko kukuthi, okokuqala i-composite boom isetyenziselwa iiseyile zelanga kumzila.
Le nkqubo iqhutywa ngamandla elanga kwaye ingathatha indawo yee-rocket propellants kunye neenkqubo zombane zokuqhuba. Ukuthembela elangeni kubonelela ngeendlela ezinokuthi zingenzeki kuyilo lweenqwelo-moya.
I-composite boom isetyenziswa yi-12-unit (12U) CubeSat, i-nano-satellite engabizi kakhulu enomlinganiselo we-23 cm x 34 cm kuphela. Xa ithelekiswa ne-metal boom eqhelekileyo enokusetyenziselwa, i-ACS3 boom ilula nge-75%, kwaye ukuguquguquka kobushushu xa kushushu kuncitshiswa ngamaxesha ali-100.
Xa sele ikwindawo, iCubeSat iza kukhawuleza isebenzise i-solar array ize isebenzise i-composite boom, ethatha imizuzu engama-20 ukuya kwengama-30 kuphela. I-square sail yenziwe ngezinto eziguquguqukayo ze-polymer eziqiniswe nge-carbon fiber kwaye zimalunga neemitha ezili-9 ubude kwicala ngalinye. Le nto idibeneyo ifanelekile kwimisebenzi kuba inokusongwa ukuze igcinwe kancinci, kodwa isagcina amandla kwaye iyamelana nokugoba nokujika xa ivezwa kutshintsho lobushushu. Ikhamera ekwibhodi iya kurekhoda imo kunye nokulungelelaniswa kweseyile esetyenzisiweyo ukuze ihlolwe.
Itekhnoloji ephuhlisiweyo yokwanda okudibeneyo kwemishini ye-ACS3 inokwandiswa ukuya kwimisebenzi yexesha elizayo yesayile yelanga engama-500 square metres, kwaye abaphandi basebenza ekuphuhliseni iiseyile zelanga ezinobukhulu obungama-2,000 square metres.
Iinjongo zalo msebenzi ziquka ukuhlanganisa ngempumelelo iiseyile kunye nokufaka ii-composite booms kwi-low orbit ukuze kuvavanywe imo kunye nokusebenza kakuhle koyilo lweeseyile, kunye nokuqokelela idatha malunga nokusebenza kweeseyile ukuze kubonelelwe ngolwazi lophuhliso lweenkqubo ezinkulu zexesha elizayo.
Izazinzulu zinethemba lokuqokelela idatha evela kwimishini ye-ACS3 ukuze ziyile iinkqubo zexesha elizayo ezinokusetyenziselwa unxibelelwano kwimisebenzi yokuhlola abantu, iisathelayithi zokulumkisa ngemozulu yasemajukujukwini, kunye nemisebenzi yokuhlola ii-asteroid.
Ixesha lokuposa: Julayi-13-2021
