SYSTEM FOR RETAINING A NUMBER OF ARTICULATED ELEMENTS IN A SPACE CRAFT

摘要

System for securing deployable members, such as solar panels, to a structure, such as a spacecraft, with the aid of a traversing rod (13).
According to the invention a mechanism (24, 25) is provided for clearing the said traversing rod from the said members (3 to 6) at the time of deployment of the latter, and then for returning the rod to its initial position in relation to the external member (6).