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The second picture down illustrates the manner in which they are connected: http://www.urvilag.hu/tavoli_vilagok_kutatoi/20160205_a_juno_elso_rekordja

The panels will be released all at once - a chord holding them "pinned down" in their folded position will break and the entire solar panel array comes free at once.

Concertina pattern.

Homework Statement [/B] There is a solar panel array of 3 panels connected to a spacecraft . The panels in the array are connected linearly (in a row: panel1 + panel2 + panel3 + spacecraft ) with hinges. They are all 0.2 meters by 0.3 meters and connected along the 0.3 meter side using 2...