Research Article
Development of Full-Scale Ultrathin Shell Reflector
Table 5
Comparison of new design, SSBR, and AstroMesh.
| | New Design | SSBR [1ā4] | AstroMesh [15] |
| Aperture Diameter, m | 6 | 6 | 6 | F/D | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.64 | Offset, m | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.75 | Mass, kg | 12.06 | 23.6 | 14.50 | Fundamental frequency, Hz | 1.99 | 1.87 | 2.00 | Number of parts | Monolithic | Monolithic | Many (nets, meshes, ring truss, etc.) | Manufacturing and assembly | Easier | Easy | Difficult |
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