| 摘要 |
A reflector system (60) for a solar wing (36) is provided in which adjacent reflector panels (62) are inhibited from relative movement by coupling tethers (80). Each reflector panel (62) rotates to be in a stored position (62A) adjacent a back face (68) of a respective solar panel (46). From this stored position, each reflector panel (62) then rotates to be in a deployed position (62D) in which it forms a reflection angle (70) with a solar cell face (72) of the respective solar panel (46). Because of the inhibition of the tethers (80), the reflector panels (62) deploy together so that one of them does not move past another of them and damage its reflection surface (90). Upon deployment of a solar wing (36), a set of spring-biased reflector sheets (102) are automatically urged to cover respective apertures (100) which facilitate installation of restraint structures that maintain the solar wing (46) in its stored configuration (48). <IMAGE> |
