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7611097 |
In orbit space transportation and recovery system
A preferred In Orbit Transportation & Recovery System (IOSTAR™) ( 10 ) includes a space tug powered by a nuclear reactor ( 19 ). The IOSTAR™ includes a collapsible boom ( 11 ) connected at one...
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7611096 |
In orbit space transportation and recovery system
A preferred In Orbit Transportation & Recovery System (IOSTAR™) ( 10 ) includes a space tug powered by a nuclear reactor ( 19 ). The IOSTAR™ includes a collapsible boom ( 11 ) connected at one...
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7588213 |
In orbit space transportation and recovery system
A preferred In Orbit Transportation & Recovery System (IOSTAR™) ( 10 ) includes a space tug powered by a nuclear reactor ( 19 ). The IOSTAR™ includes a collapsible boom ( 11 ) connected at one...
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7578482 |
Catalyzed decomposing structural payload foam
A high energy, e.g., ultraviolet (UV), catalyzed decomposing foam encapsulating a payload to be boosted in space provides an ultra-light weight, adaptable means to facilitate survival of much...
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7578481 |
Digital programmable driver for solenoid valves and associated method
A digital programmable driver for a solenoid valve comprises at least one valve driver circuit for opening and closing the valve and a controller capable of sending an output signal to the valve...
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7575199 |
Orbit space transportation and recovery system
A preferred In Orbit Transportation & Recovery System (IOSTAR™) ( 10 ) includes a space tug powered by a nuclear reactor ( 19 ). The IOSTAR™ includes a collapsible boom ( 11 ) connected at one...
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7547870 |
Precision spacecraft payload platforms
One or more fixed-orientation fanned laser beams and one or more displacement measurement devices to precisely measure the orientation of a payload platform are disclosed in a metrology system and...
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7546982 |
Shuttle thermal integrity detection system
A detection-grid is disclosed that is part of a vehicle's thermal protection layer, such as that of a space shuttle. A hybrid digital/analog system detects electrical changes in the detection grid...
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7540145 |
Unitized hybrid rocket system
The hybrid rocket system of this invention is characterized by use of an oxidizer tank having a cylindrical midsection surrounded by a skirt and bonded thereto by a layer of elastomeric adhesive....
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7530532 |
Counterweight based rocket launch platform
A counterweight based rocket launch platform system and method uses gravity acting upon a counterweight to provide the initial assent for a rocket. This counterweight system is preferably built...
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7523892 |
Centripetal reflex method of space launch
A method of launching space vehicles by towing them aloft, then twirling them around a large transport aircraft ( 40 ) at the center of a formation (AA) of other tow aircraft ( 28, 34 ) and other...
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7513457 |
Compartment for a transportation device and its installation
A compartment for a transportation device is provided. The compartment may include a one-piece basin, an inflatable wall member, and multi-directional support arms to attach the basin within the...
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7506841 |
Catalyzed decomposing foam for encapsulating space-based kinetic objects
A high energy, e.g., ultraviolet (UV) catalyzed decomposing foam encapsulating kinetic media forms a payload to be boosted in space and provides an ultra-light weight means for intercepting an...
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7500477 |
Method and apparatus for moving a mass
A combination for performing a variety of functions includes (a) apparatus for moving a projectile or other mass along an arcuate path and moving the path substantially radially along a local...
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7485354 |
Thermal protection system for a vehicle
The invention is a thermal insulation tile for providing thermal protection of the external surface of a vehicle. In detail, the tile includes a rigid ceramic core having top and bottom surfaces,...
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7484692 |
Integrated abort rocket and orbital propulsion system
An orbital stage system has an orbital stage and one or more launch stages. The orbital stage incorporates an orbital maneuvering system (OMS) and an abort propulsion system which both utilize the...
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7484691 |
Method and device for magnetic space radiation shield providing isotropic protection
There is provided a radiation shield device for providing radiation protection to an area, such as a manned vehicle. The radiation shield device comprises a magnetic field generator, such as a...
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7484690 |
In orbit space transportation and recovery system
A preferred In Orbit Transportation & Recovery System (IOSTAR™)( 10 ) includes a space tug powered by a nuclear reactor ( 19 ). The IOSTAR™ includes a collapsible boom ( 11 ) connected at one...
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7464900 |
Folding retractable protective dome for space vehicle equipment
A folding, retractable dome for protecting a feature, such as a docking mechanism, a hatch or other equipment at an exterior surface of a space vehicle, includes a plurality of arcuate ribs, each...
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7464898 |
Precision thrust/sun tracking attitude control system for gimbaled thruster
A system for providing precision thrust and sun tracking attitude control is provided. The system determines a proximity region and alternately engages either an ideal operational mode or a...
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7458544 |
Method and apparatus for dropping a launch vehicle from beneath an airplane
A system for launching a launch vehicles mounted beneath an aircraft. A mechanism which separates the launch vehicle from the carrier aircraft engages the launch vehicle, and prevents the launch...
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7437224 |
Target acquisition control for spacecraft gimballed payload
A method and apparatus for controlling a gimbaled platform ( 108 ). The method comprises the steps of computing an acquisition phase gimbal angle rate command ω cmd — Acq ( 530 ) from a...
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7413147 |
System and method for propellantless photon tether formation flight
The invention is a system and method for propellantless, ultrahigh precision satellite formation flying based on ultrahigh precision intracavity laser thrusters and tethers with an intersatellite...
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7410130 |
Star-tracker-based attitude determination for spinning spacecraft
A method of determining the attitude of a spinning spacecraft is provided. The method includes stabilizing the spacecraft, initializing the attitude of the spacecraft using star tracker data, and...
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7409292 |
Method and system for degimbalization of vehicle navigation data
A method and system for degimbalization of sensor outputs is provided. Data output from an embedded GPS inertial navigation system (EGI), which is mounted within a gimbaled system on a vehicle, is...
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7401752 |
Protective shield assembly for space optics and associated methods
A protective shield assembly capable of being deployed from a launch vehicle is provided, and methods for assembling and deploying the protective shield assembly are also provided. The protective...
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7381459 |
Toughened uni-piece, fibrous, reinforced, oxidization-resistant composite
A composite thermal protection structure, for applications such as atmospheric re-entry vehicles, that can withstand temperatures as high as 3600° F. The structure includes an exposed surface cap...
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7377469 |
Heat shield
The invention discloses systems for mounting heat shields onto a spacecraft. It shows a number of ways to attach heat shield tiles in a way that allows for and accommodates the thermal expansion...
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7367529 |
Momentum tube for distributed actuation
An spacecraft control system is provided that includes a tube and a plurality of microwheels. The plurality of microwheels is disposed within the tube. Each microwheel has a first stator wafer, a...
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7364120 |
Quantized control-moment gyroscope array
A momentum actuator for steering a spacecraft is disclosed. The momentum actuator comprises a rotor, a gimbal upon which the rotor is mounted, and a stepper motor coupled to the gimbal and operable...
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7354021 |
Magnet for an ionic drive for space vehicles
A toroidally shaped magnetic device with distortion-free exit and access ports provides toroidal magnetic ionic drive systems for vehicles that achieve a more operationally efficient, uniform and...
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7337097 |
Dynamic modeling technique for the deployment of large satellite antennas
A method for modeling a structure deployed on a spacecraft. The method includes determining a geometric shape that resembles the structure in a fully deployed configuration; generating time...
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7313362 |
High altitude airborne craft used as radio relay and method for placing said airborne craft on station
The present invention relates to an aircraft and to a method of getting the aircraft onto station. According to the invention, said aircraft ( 1 ) includes propulsion means ( 2 ) capable only of...
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7305286 |
System and method for gyro enhanced vertical flight information
A flight instrument and associated method where vertical speed information is combined with gyro information to produce gyro enhanced vertical speed information that is displayed to a pilot. The...
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7296769 |
Cryogenic fuel tank insulation assembly
A cryogenic fuel tank assembly 10 is provided comprising a cryogenic fuel tank wall 22 . A foam assembly 24 is affixed to the cryogenic fuel tank wall 22 , the foam assembly 24 having an...
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7286911 |
Aircraft pilot assistance system and method
A system and method for assisting a pilot to recover the aircraft from a variety of dangerous situations involving one or more of the following: altitude, airspeed, attitude, roll rate, and a...
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7281688 |
Materials for self-transpiring hot skins for hypersonic vehicles or reusable space vehicles
A self-transpiring hot skin for a hypersonic or reusable space vehicle that can provide protection to the vehicle during short periods of abnormally high heat flux (either planned in the flight...
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7281682 |
Spacecraft and launch system
A spacecraft system for achieving LEO and beyond includes a lifting body spacecraft, and an acceleration bed unit for accelerating the spacecraft horizontally on a runway to liftoff. The rocket...
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7278611 |
Pulsed detonation engines for reaction control systems
Pulsed detonation engines (PDEs) are adapted for use in reaction control systems (RCS), such as thrusters for orbital correction and control (e.g., for earth-orbiting satellites), divert thrust...
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7278609 |
Movable nose cap and control strut assembly for supersonic aircraft
A nose cap and control strut assembly for supersonic aircraft is disclosed. In one embodiment, the nose cap extends forward from the nose of the aircraft to deflect shock waves and decrease draft...
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7275720 |
Actively cooled ceramic thermal protection system
An apparatus and method for thermal protection is provided. A thermal protection apparatus includes a porous layer attached to an inner structural member requiring thermal protection. The porous...
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7270302 |
Scalable thermal control system for spacecraft mounted instrumentation
A spacecraft instrument thermal control method and system providing scalable thermal control of on-board instrument temperature. Adapted for a spacecraft with bus supporting instrumentation and...
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7270301 |
Surface optical reflector, for space craft such as a geostationary satellite
Optical surface reflector, for a spacecraft such as a geostationary satellite. The exterior surface ( 10 ) of the reflector comprises a plurality of facets ( 14 ) inclined to each other and to the...
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7270300 |
System and method for an ambient atmosphere ion thruster
A system and a method for an ambient atmosphere ion thruster having a pair of permeable electrical members for accelerating ambient atmosphere ions which enter the thruster due to a craft's...
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7258306 |
Thermal deformation determination for payload pointing using space-based beacon
A system and associated method for compensating for thermal deformation of a spaced-based structure having a spacecraft payload. The system including a beacon source coupled to a first spacecraft...
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7252270 |
System and method for launching a missile from a flying aircraft
System for launching a missile from a launch region within the atmosphere of a planet, the missile being located within a flying vehicle before launching the missile, the system including a missile...
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7248948 |
Apparatus and method for estimating attitude using inertial measurement equipment
An apparatus for estimating attitude using an inertia measuring apparatus comprising: a Kalman filter 3 adapted to receive a quantity of state ω(t) from the inertia measuring apparatus 1 ,...
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7246776 |
Method and system for CMG array singularity avoidance
The present method provides a method for avoiding singularities in the movement of CMGs in an array of CMGs in a spacecraft. In a first step, a torque command representing a desired torque to...
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7240878 |
High wing monoplane aerospace plane based fighter
The Hypersonic Orbital Fighter and the methods of flying it are disclosed. The Hypersonic Orbital Fighter is characterized by a winged, modified lifting body shape with the forward ventral section...
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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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