IN RESPONSE TO NASA S NEED FOR COMPACT, LOW-COST DEPLOYABLE MAGNETOMETER BOOMS FOR CUBESATS, ROCCOR PROPOSE…

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IN RESPONSE TO NASA S NEED FOR COMPACT, LOW-COST DEPLOYABLE MAGNETOMETER BOOMS FOR CUBESATS, ROCCOR PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A SIMPLE HIGH-PERFORMANCE ROLL-OUT COMPOSITE (SHROC ) MAGNETOMETER BOOM. THE BOOM IS CAPABLE OF MOTOR-LESS SELF-DEPLOYMENT AND LOCK-OUT THROUGH A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF BI-STABLE COMPOSITE LAMINATE DESIGN AND FEATURES THAT INCREASE TORSIONAL RIGIDITY AND DEPLOYED PRECISION AT THE END OF DEPLOYMENT. THE BOOM CAN BE BUILT TO DIAMETERS RANGING BETWEEN 1.6 CM (5/8 IN) AND 2.5 CM (1 IN) AND FULLY DEPLOYED LENGTHS RANGING FROM 0.5 M TO 10 M WHILE BEING PACKAGED IN LESS THAN -U VOLUME. A LAUNCH-RETENTION MECHANISM IS PROVIDED TO LOCK THE TIP-MOUNTED INSTRUMENT PACKAGE FOR LAUNCH. FOR DEPLOYMENT, THIS LAUNCH RETENTION MECHANISM IS RELEASED AND THE STRAIN ENERGY STORED WITHIN THE HIGH-STRAIN COMPOSITE BOOM DRIVES THE DEPLOYMENT WITH PREDICTABLE AND NEARLY CONSTANT MOTIVE FORCE. DURING PHASE II ROCCOR WILL ADDRESS THE KEY ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT RISKS, MATURE THE SYSTEM DESIGN TO A CDR LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT, AND VALIDATE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES THROUGH A SERIES OF GROUND-BASED QUALIFICATION TESTS ON ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT UNITS. OVERALL, THE ANTICIPATED OUTCOME OF THE PROGRAM IS DEVELOPMENT AND PROTO-FLIGHT VALIDATION OF A SHROC BOOM SYSTEM FOR A WIDE RANGE OF FUTURE HELIOPHYSICS MISSIONS.