The deployment kinematics of a petal reflector is considered. An engineering approach to solving the partial problem of determining the sole rotation axis of the petal that provides for deployment of the reflector is proposed. The results of a numerical simulation of the deployment kinematics and the results of tests of the full-scale mockup are presented.
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