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Hold Down Release Mechanism – The nuts & bolts that unfold a spacecraft.

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Hold Down Release Mechanism – The nuts & bolts that unfold a spacecraft.

When a spacecraft is too big to fit inside a rocket fairing we fold it. Unfolding a spacecraft in space is a tricky process that has to be done in a particular order and often within a certain time frame after launch. That’s because in the folded state a spacecraft is unable to generate power … Read more