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7387279 |
Method and apparatus for supplying orbital space platforms using payload canisters via intermediate orbital rendezvous and docking
In a space platform supply system, a canister containing supply for a space platform is launched into orbit using a launch vehicle. An intermediate space vehicle rendezvous and docks with the...
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7344111 |
Reversible space plane
A reversible aerospace plane includes an air intake at a first end of the aerospace plane, at least one heat exchanger disposed in the aerospace plane, an engine at a second end of the aerospace...
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7267303 |
Method and system for providing cruciform steered, bent biconic and plasma suppression for maximum accuracy
A system for reducing plasma induced communication disruption is disclosed. The system utilizes an electrophilic gas injectant, bent reentry vehicle nose shaping and a number of flaps configured to...
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7237752 |
System and method for reducing plasma induced communication disruption utilizing electrophilic injectant and sharp reentry vehicle nose shaping
The present invention discloses a system and a method for reducing plasma induced communication disruption utilizing electrophilic injectant and sharp reentry vehicle nose shaping. Injecting...
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7219859 |
Multipurpose modular spacecraft
A reentry vehicle includes a nose section, a modular section comprised of two or more connected modules, a flared section. The nose section is connected to a first end of the modular section, and...
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6945498 |
Commercial experiment system in orbit
An orbital experiment system with different internal experiment locations within a reusable launch vehicle making daylong delivery trips to space. The experiments get access to the attributes of...
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6921051 |
System for the delivery and orbital maintenance of micro satellites and small space-based instruments
A low cost, on demand, dedicated launch system is provided for placing micro satellites or space-based instruments at orbital and sub-orbital altitudes and velocities. The invention describes a...
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6869048 |
De-orbit instrument package
An instrument package for carrying on board observation instruments is for launching from space. The instrument includes a housing, a power supply, a communication system and an internal instrument...
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6827313 |
Multi-crew modules for space flight
A system for launching a space for humans into orbit comprises a launch vehicles. There are multiple separate crew modules mounted in relationship to the launch vehicle. The multiple crew modules...
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6817580 |
System and method for return and landing of launch vehicle booster stage
A recoverable/reusable booster stage has air-breathing jet engines mounted on the inter-tank ring in alignment with the center axis of the booster body. The jet engines provide supplemental lift on...
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6398166 |
Method of controlling acceleration of a spacecraft reentering the atmosphere to accommodate adventure travelers
A method for controlling the acceleration of a vehicle ( 10 ) reentering the sensible atmosphere, comprising executing a lofting translational rocket burn at an altitude of greater than about 40 km...
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6158693 |
Recoverable booster stage and recovery method
A recoverable/reusable booster stage has a restartable center liquid-fueled rocket engine mounted in the aft portion of a vehicle body in alignment with the center axis of the body. The booster...
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6076771 |
System and method for controlling a re-entry vehicle
A re-entry vehicle includes a flare-stabilized cylindrical body with a center of gravity displaced from a centerline to define a windward side of the body upon re-entry. The body orients at an...
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5873549 |
Vehicle rotation and control mechanism
A nose assembly and method for controlling the rotation and stabilizing the orientation of a vehicle during landing maneuvers. The vehicle includes a nose assembly that is coupled to an airframe...
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5664742 |
Plume avoidance maneuvers
A maneuver for minimizing perturbations on a released re-entry body due to ases exhausted from the nozzles of the post-boost control system in which after release of the re-entry body from a...
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5322248 |
Methods and arrangements tailoring aerodynamic forces afforded by a payload to reduce flight loads and to assist flight control for the coupled system
An arrangement for controlling the flight of a launch vehicle and a coupled payload, such a spaceplane, from launch to the separation of the payload from the vehicle. The launch vehicle is provided...
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5318256 |
Rocket deceleration system
A rocket deceleration system for a spacecraft, comprises a first set of active canted rockets for attenuating a horizontal velocity of the spacecraft and a portion of the vertical velocity thereof....
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4961550 |
Method and device for protecting a liquid rocket booster from impact and environmental damage to permit recovery and reuse
A method and device for protecting a first stage liquid rocket booster from impact damage and environmental damage so as to permit recovery from a sea water landing and reuse without major rehaul...
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4834324 |
Multiconfiguration reusable space transportation system
A space transporation system comprises several different modular units usable in a plurality of different configurations for different payloads and space missions. The units include a first stage...
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4830314 |
Recovery system for rocket engine
The disclosure is directed to a system for recovery of liquid fuel rocket engines used in space flight. The system comprises a sphere with a normally circumferential open portion for containing a...
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4784350 |
Passive step trimmer for a maneuvering re-entry body (U)
A passive step trimmer for a maneuvering re-entry body (MRB) which uses existing inertial forces acting on the MRB to deploy a free flowing mass from the rear of the MRB to trim the MRB altitude....
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4741502 |
Method and apparatus for launching a spacecraft by use of a recoverable upper rocket stage
An apparatus and method for launching a spacecraft including a payload and a delivery stage having a rocket engine powered by fluid bipropellant from the earth into a high energy orbit and for...
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4623106 |
Reentry vehicle having active control and passive design modifications
A modular improved forward section and improved aft section containing an tive-control package are disclosed which can be retrofitted to existing sphere-cone geometry reentry bodies (RBs) and which...
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4240601 |
Method for observing the features characterizing the surface of a land mass
A method wherein a propeller driven, hydrazine powered aircraft is remotely piloted through rarefied atmosphere of a selected planet, including the planet Earth, and employed as a communication...
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4186900 |
Disintegratable aerodynamic brake
A disintegratable aerodynamic brake is disclosed for use on a re-entry vehicle for retarding vehicle speed upon re-entry. The brake is connected to the travelling vehicle and is fabricated from a...
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3826451 |
MANGETOHYDRODYNAMIC GENERATOR FOR BALLISTIC MISSILES
1. A power supply for re-entry vehicles, comprising: A magnetohydrodynamic generator having a magnet, electrodes positioned in e field thereof, and conductors extending from said electrodes to...
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3702588 |
DEVICE FOR A FLARE
A braking device for a flare unit including a combustible flare composition attached to a parachute which unit is ejected from a missile a predetermined period of time after firing of the missile...
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3698659 |
FERRY SYSTEM
This invention relates to an auxiliary lift system to provide a means of transportation for large lifting entry vehicles.
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3604667 |
PLANETARY LANDER
A drag ring penetrometer combination of the type employed for determining the atmospheric and surface characteristics of planets, the drag ring aerodynamically stabilizing and decelerating the...
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3558080 |
AEROSPACE VEHICLE
The invention disclosed concerns means for effecting reentry of a space vehicle and it consists basically in providing a casing for the vehicle body, which casing is rotatable relative to the body...
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3433435 |
TENSION STRING DRAG STRUCTURES FOR PLANETARY ENTRY VEHICLE
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3424402 |
FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A SPACE VEHICLE
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3421714 |
RE-ENTRY VEHICLE FOR SMALL PACKAGES
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3405887 |
Ring wing tension vehicle
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3330503 |
Re-entry guidance system
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3295790 |
Recoverable single stage spacecraft booster
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3287019 |
Maneuverable target for anti-missile systems
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3270908 |
Space capsule
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3265328 |
Marine propulsion apparatus for spacecraft
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3262365 |
Space capsule ejection assembly
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3210025 |
Empennage construction for a space missile
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3181824 |
Spacecraft re-entry retarding means
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3169724 |
Space vehicle reentry sensor
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3160366 |
Outer space vehicle with means controlling its rate of entering the atmosphere of a planet
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3158336 |
Assembly for recovering a capsule
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3154265 |
Control system for automatic soft landing of a rocket vehicle
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3147936 |
Dual configuration vehicle
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3105658 |
Variable lift-drag re-entry vehicle
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3086463 |
Method and means for increasing the drag on falling missiles
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3079113 |
Vehicle parachute and equipment jettison system
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