TRANSPORT-AND-PROCESS RING Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: spacecraft.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to devices for transportation and testing of spacecraft. Proposed transport-and-process ring contains frame 1 with transportation units 2 and rigging units 3 and it is secured coaxially on upper part of vertically installed spacecraft 4 with folding sections 5 of solar batteries. Foldable links 6 with hinge-connected root sections 7 and end sections 10 are installed on frame 1. Said sections are arranged in plan, respectively, over hinge-coupled root panels 11 and end panels 14 of solar batteries folding sections 5, being coupled with sections by detachable locks and adjustable weightlessness springs 18, 19. Ground tests for opening or closing of solar batteries sections is accompanied by displacement of foldable links 6 equidistant to solar batteries. Invention cuts down time taken for ground preparation of spacecraft, decreases loads on solar batteries panel fastening units and deformation of solar batteries frameworks in transportation.

EFFECT: enlarged operating capabilities.

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