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Verify Petal Shape on-Orbit Stability

Verify Petal Shape on-Orbit Stability
25/07/21, 23:00
This milestone concerns the on-orbit thermal stability of the petals, over the full range of observational sun angles.
This milestone concerns the on-orbit thermal stability of the petals, over the full range of observational sun angles. Maximum expected
thermally induced petal-width bias error versus sun angle was predicted via a system model. The analysis model was validated at the assembly level, via dimension versus temperature measurements of a sub-scale, medium-fidelity, prototype test article of the petal assembly, that included the dimension critical features.
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