Deployable truss having second order augmentation

A deployable truss comprising:

• a plurality of contiguously attached deployable bays forming a rigid space truss when in a deployed state and having a stowage volume substantially less than a deployed volume when in a collapsed state, each deployable bay of the plurality of deployable bays comprising a plurality of column members, wherein at least two column members of the plurality of column members comprises a column assembly having a longitudinal centerline;
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• wherein each column assembly comprises a plurality of strut members, each strut member of the plurality of strut members being connected to each other strut member of the plurality of strut members at a first end of the column assembly and at a second end of the column assembly and each strut member of the plurality of strut members extending continuously from the first end of the column assembly to the second end of the column assembly, the plurality of strut members being substantially symmetrically arranged about the centerline of the column assembly;
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• wherein each column assembly comprises at least one spacer connecting the plurality of strut members of the column assembly at a location between the first end and the second end of the column assembly, the at least one spacer radially spacing the plurality of strut members away from the longitudinal centerline of the column assembly a distance greater than a distance of radial spacing of the plurality of strut members from the longitudinal centerline of the column assembly at the first end and the second end of the column assembly.

A deployable truss comprising:

• a plurality of column assemblies, each column assembly of the plurality of column assemblies having a longitudinal centerline and comprising:
• a plurality of continuous strut members, each strut member of the plurality of strut members being connected to each other strut member of the plurality of strut members at a first end of the column assembly and at a second end of the column assembly, the plurality of strut members being substantially symmetrically arranged about the longitudinal centerline of the column assembly;
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• at least one spacer connecting the plurality of strut members of the column assembly at a location between the first end and the second end of the column assembly, the at least one spacer radially spacing the plurality of strut members away from the longitudinal centerline of the column assembly a distance greater than a distance of radial spacing of the plurality of strut members from the longitudinal centerline of the column assembly at the first end and the second end of the column assembly.