Deployable Tape Truss Boom
MMA Design
Composite tape truss boom achieving expansion ratios up to 100:1 with minimum stow volumes down to 1U — building block for antennas, solar arrays, and deployable instruments.
Technical specifications
- Expansion ratio
- Up to 100:1
- Minimum stow volume
- Down to 1U form factor
- Underlying technology
- NASA SHEARLESS boom / Bi-CTM (exclusively licensed)
- Customization
- Custom lengths via bay addition/removal
About
MMA Space’s Deployable Tape Truss Boom is a composite structural building block used across the company’s antenna, solar array, and instrument product lines. Licensed from NASA’s patented SHEARLESS boom and Bistable Collapsable Tubular Mast (Bi-CTM) technologies, the boom achieves expansion ratios up to 100:1, allowing large deployed structures to stow into volumes as small as a 1U form factor. Custom lengths are achievable by adding or removing structural bays, enabling mission-specific tailoring for large apertures within constrained launch envelopes.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
