Patent — available for licensing
COROTUB Corrugated Rollable Tubular Boom
A NASA invention available to explore as a licensing opportunity.
About this technology
Overview
Deployable booms will enable the next generation of highly-functional satellites—hoisting the added solar panels and antennas that provide power, propulsion, and stronger communication capabilities to extend satellite life and enable travel further from earth. NASA’s new COROTUB boom is flattened, rolled, and stowed in a small package for easy transport to remote locations. When unfurled, it expands into a load-bearing structural boom. Compared to other thin-shelled booms, COROTUB has improved stiffness, strength, and stability, while maintaining the package size as other booms. COROTUB might be erected from an orbiting satellite to hoist and support equipment; or may be unfurled to set up emergency shelters, communication towers, or masts for antennas or solar power in remote areas on other planets, the moon, or here on earth. This NASA technology is available for your company to license and develop into a commercial product. NASA does not manufacture products for commercial sale.