Solar Array Drive Mechanism. Type 2
Flight-proven high-accuracy SADM (13.2 kg, 84 A, 0.083° error, 100,000-hr life) for large spacecraft. Customizable.
Technical specifications
- Purpose
- Solar array wing rotation, power transmission, telemetry signal routing, shaft angle measurement
- Year of release
- 2013
- Guaranteed service life, years
- 13.5
- Active lifetime, years
- 10
- Estimated production/delivery time
- 15 months
- Flight qualification
- Yes
- Customization
- Can be adapted to customer requirements
- Operating regime
- Continuous rotation
- Output shaft rotation rate, deg/min
- 0–8
- Angle measurement error (°), not exceeding
- 0.083
- Total current of power current-collecting devices, A
- 84
- Number of power supply circuits
- 12
- Number of telemetry circuits
- 26
- Operational life (hours), not less than
- 100,000
- Overall dimensions, mm
- 240 × 160 × 300
- Mass, kg
- 13.2 ± 0.8
- TRL
- 9 (flight-proven)
About
The Solar Array Drive Mechanism Type 2 rotates solar array wings at a specified rate, transmits electrical power from rotating solar panels, and routes control/telemetry signals. An electromechanical SADM with continuous rotation, it provides 0.083° angle measurement accuracy (high precision), up to 0–8 deg/min shaft rate, 84 A total current across 12 power circuits, and 26 telemetry circuits. Dimensions 240 × 160 × 300 mm, mass 13.2 ± 0.8 kg. Released in 2013, 100,000+ hour operational life (10-year active lifetime), 13.5-year service life, 15-month delivery. Customizable.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
