Abstract
The usage of space inflatable platform to accommodate payload is proposed in the paper. This platform includes thin-film elastic envelope, cable system for fixing payload elements on the shell, pressurization systems, energy system, thermal control systems, attitude and stabilization control systems and propulsion system. General solutions for the development of the listed systems of a space inflatable platform are described.
Highlights
The usage of space inflatable platform to accommodate payload is proposed in the paper
According to research published in [5], approximately 75% of those launched into orbit over the past 10 years (Fig. 1) about 4,000 spacecraft (SC) had a wet mass of up to 600 kg, which corresponds to the classification of spacecraft according to mass [6] of the class of small spacecraft
From [6] it follows that with the current level of miniaturization of equipment and element base, as well as with the growing threat of the use of anti-satellite weapons there is an urgent need to move from constellations of large and dimensional spacecraft, which are an easy target, to more numerous constellations of small and ultra-small spacecraft
Summary
The usage of space inflatable platform to accommodate payload is proposed in the paper. Taking into account the active usage of spacecraft orbital groups and the efficiency of inflatable space modules it has been propose to develop the inflatable platform to accommodate payload including usage of small and ultra-small spacecrafts on this platform.
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