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In a presently preferred embodiment of this invention a spacecraft includes at least four thermal radiator panels, with a first pair of said panels being initially stowed along a North facing surface of said spacecraft and a second pair of said panels being initially stowed along a South facing surf

In a presently preferred embodiment of this invention a spacecraft includes at least four thermal radiator panels, with a first pair of said panels being initially stowed along a North facing surface of said spacecraft and a second pair of said panels being initially stowed along a South facing surface of said spacecraft. Each of said panels is coupled to a hinge mechanism at an anti-Earth facing end of said spacecraft and is rotatable by said hinge mechanism from a stowed position to a deployed position. The deployed position is a position that is off of the anti-Earth facing end of the spacecraft. In the presently preferred embodiment of this invention, when in the deployed position a longitudinal axis of each of said panels forms a non-zero angle with an Earth-pointing axis of said spacecraft.

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1. A satellite comprising a satellite bus having at least one thermal radiator panel that is moveable, from a stowed position to a deployed position, wherein when the thermal radiator panel is in said deployed position said panel extends aft from an aft end of the satellite, the aft end of the satel

1. A satellite comprising a satellite bus having at least one thermal radiator panel that is moveable, from a stowed position to a deployed position, wherein when the thermal radiator panel is in said deployed position said panel extends aft from an aft end of the satellite, the aft end of the satellite having an aft thruster.