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| NEXT GENERATION ULTRAFLEX (NGU) TECHNOLOGY MATURATION FOR NASA’S NEW MILLENNIUM PROGRAM (NMP) SPACE TECHNOLOGY 8 (ST8)
January, 05
Brian Spence, Steve White, Nick Wilder, Todd Gregory, Mark Douglas, Ron Takeda AEC-Able Engineering, Goleta, CA 93117
Nick Mardesich Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109
Todd Peterson, Barry Hillard NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH 44135
Paul Sharps, Navid Fatemi EMCORE Photovoltaics, Albuquerque, NM 87123 |
| Preliminary Test Results for the CellSaver Concentrator in Geosynchronous Earth Orbit
January, 05
Mike Eskenazi & Alan Jones Able Engineering, 600 Pine Avenue, Goleta, CA 93117, USA
Raj K. Jain, Bao Hoang, Kenneth MacDonald, Yu Nang Wong, John Kesapradist & Gerrit van Ommering Space Systems/Loral, 3825 Fabian Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA |
| SALT: Second-order Augmentation of Lattice Trusses
April, 04
Michael E. McEachen, Thomas A. Trautt and David M. Murphy
45th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials Conference |
| Demonstration of a 10-m Solar Sail System
April, 04
David M. Murphy and Brian D. Macy
45th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials Conference |
| Progress and Plans for System Demonstration of a Scalable Solar Sail
February, 04
David M. Murphy, Tom Trautt, Mike McEachen, & Dave Messner of ABLE Engineering
G. Laue & Paul A. Gierow of SRS Technologies
14th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Conference |
| Robust Thrust Control Authority for a Scalable Sailcraft
February, 04
David M. Murphy
14th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Conference |
| The Stretched Lens Array (SLA): A Low-Risk, Cost-Effective Concentrator Array Offering Wing-Level Performance of 180W/KG and 300 W/M2 at 300 VDC
July, 02
Mike I. Eskenazi, Matthew M. Botke of ABLE Engineering. Mark H. O’Neill, A. J. McDanal of ENTECH. Michael F. Piszczor, Patrick J. George, David L. Edwards of NASA. Henry W. Brandhorst of Space Power Institute. Paul A. Jaster of 3M Center.
37th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference |
| Zero Deadband, Multiple Strut Synchronized Hinge for Deployable Structures
May, 02
Matthew Botke, David Murphy, Thomas Murphy of ABLE Engineering. Peter Sorensen of Kollabra
36th Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium |
| Development of the Ultra-Light Stretched Lens Array
May, 02
Mike I. Eskenazi, Matthew M. Botke of ABLE Engineering. Mark H. O’Neill, A. J. McDanal of ENTECH. Michael F. Piszczor, Patrick J. George, David L. Edwards,& D. T. Hoppe of NASA. Henry W. Brandhorst of Space Power Institute. Paul A. Jaster of 3M Center
29th IEEE PVSC |
| Design, Analysis & Testing of the CellSaver Concentrator for Spacecraft Solar Arrays
May, 02
Mike I. Eskenazi
29th IEEE PVSC |
| Thin-Film and Crystalline Solar Cell Array System Performance Comparisons
May, 02
Mike I. Eskenazi, David M. Murphy, Steve F. White, & Brian R. Spence
29th IEEE PVSC |
| A Method to Quantify the Thrust Degradation Effects of Structural Wrinkles in Solar Sails
April, 02
Thomas W. Murphey and David M. Murphy AEC-Able Engineering, Inc. Goleta, CA Martin M. Mikulas, Jr. Aerospace Engineering and Sciences Department University of Colorado Boulder, CO Aaron L. Adler Jackson and Tull Albuquerque, NM
43rd Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference |
| Scalable Solar Sail Subsystem Design Considerations
April, 02
David M. Murphey, Thomas W. Murphy of ABLE Engineering. Paul A. Gierow of SRS Technologies
43rd Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference |
| POWOW - AN ALTERNATIVE POWER SOURCE FOR MARS EXPLORATION
October, 01
Henry W. Brandhorst, Jr. Space Power Institute, Auburn University, AL USA
Mark J. O'Neill, ENTECH, Inc., Keller, TX, USA P. Alan Jones, ABLE Engineering Co., Goleta, CA, USA R. Joseph Cassady, General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Redmond, WA, USA
52nd International Astronautical Congress, IAF-01-R.4.07 |
| POWOW - A MODULAR, HIGH POWER SPACECRAFT CONCEPT
October, 00
Henry W. Brandhorst, Jr. Space Power Institute, Auburn University, AL USA
Mark J. O'Neill, Entech, Inc., Keller, TX, USA P. Alan Jones, ABLE Engineering Co., Goleta, CA, USA R. Joseph Cassady, Primex Aerospace Company, Redmond, WA, USA
51st International Astronautical Congress, IAF-00-R.3.06 |
| Validation of the SCARLET Advanced Array on DS1
July, 99
Mike I. Eskenazi & David M. Murphy of ABLE Engineering. Paul M. Stella & Donald G. Nieraeth of JPL. John Stubstad of (BMDO)
Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc. |
| 250 Meter Wire Antenna Deployer Mechanism
May, 99
Scotty R. Allen
33rd NASA/CP Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium |
| SCARLET and Deep Space 1: Successfully Validating Advanced Solar Array Technology
1999
Ray Garza, Dave M. Murphy
AIAA |
| Spacecraft Solar Array Technology Trends
January, 98
P. Alan Jones & Brian R. Spence
IEEE Conference |
| The SCARLET™ Array for High Power GEO Satellites
September, 97
Brian R. Spence, P. Alan Jones, Mike I. Eskenazi, & David M. Murphy
26th IEEE PVSC |
| A High Specific Power Solar Array for Low to Mid-Power Spacecraft
1992
P. Alan Jones, Stephen F. White, & T. Jeffery Harvey of ABLE Engineering. Brian S. Smith of Spectrolab SPRAT |
| Thermally-Stable Deployable Structure
May, 88
Colleen M. Kegg
22nd Aerospace mechanisms Symposium |
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