Research Article

CubeSat’s Deployable Solar Panel with Viscoelastic Multilayered Stiffener for Launch Vibration Attenuation

Table 4

LLSS test results of solar panels before and after full level vibration test.

TestSolar panelStatus1st eigenfrequency (Hz)Difference (%)

Sine vibrationw/o stiffenerBefore47.62.90
After46.2
with 3 layers of stiffenerBefore58.53.41
After56.5
with 5 layers of stiffenerBefore73.00.68
After73.5

Random vibrationw/o stiffenerBefore47.62.90
After46.2
with 3 layers of stiffenerBefore58.53.42
After56.5
with 5 layers of stiffenerBefore72.51.37
After73.5