Patent ID: 8511615

Claim:
A deployable structure with which a satellite may be equipped, comprising: a set of antenna panels each having a substantially rectangular useful surface, the antenna panels abutting each other on first sides parallel to each other, at least one photovoltaic solar panel, each photovoltaic solar panel having a substantially rectangular useful surface and abutting an antenna panel on a second side of said antenna panel perpendicular to the first sides, first articulation systems, each of said articulation systems enabling an antenna panel to be caused to pivot relative to an adjacent antenna panel about an axis substantially parallel to the first sides of said antenna panels, a second articulation system for each photovoltaic solar panel, each of said articulation systems enabling a photovoltaic solar panel to be caused to pivot relative to the antenna panel that it abuts about an axis substantially parallel to the second side of said antenna panel, at least one photovoltaic solar panel comprising a main photovoltaic solar panel and at least one secondary photovoltaic solar panel, the main photovoltaic solar panel abutting the antenna panel concerned, each secondary photovoltaic solar panel abutting the main photovoltaic solar panel on one of the sides perpendicular to the side on which the main photovoltaic solar panel abuts the antenna panel concerned, the deployable structure further including a third articulation system for each secondary photovoltaic solar panel, each of said articulation systems enabling the secondary photovoltaic solar panel to be caused to pivot relative to the main photovoltaic solar panel about an axis substantially parallel to the sides on which they abut.