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8109472 |
Collapsible structures with adjustable forms
Structures and methods are disclosed regarding deployable structures with expandable longerons adjustably coupled with supporting structures such that an angle between the supporting structures can...
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8082848 |
Missile with system for separating subvehicles
A missile includes several subvehicles that are initially mechanically coupled to a missile main body, and a separation system for separating the subvehicles from the missile main body. The...
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8061660 |
Large-scale deployable solar array
A deployable structure is disclosed. The deployable structure may include one or more slit-tube longerons; and one or more flat sheets coupled with the one or more slit-tube longerons. The one or...
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8006936 |
Parachute deployment control
In one form of the invention, a deployment control for releasing a rocket recovery device such as a parachute includes an electrical heating element extensible along a heat-severable reach of an...
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7967257 |
Space object deployment system and method
Provided is a space object deployment system. Specifically, the system in at least one embodiment, includes at least one deployable object. A deployment chamber is paired with each deployable...
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7905453 |
Piggyback equipment panel payload arrangement, a device for and method of attaching a hosted secondary piggyback payload and adapter to be used for a piggyback secondary payload arrangement for launching the piggyback equipment panel secondary
The invention relates to piggyback secondary payloads, a device for and a method of attaching piggyback secondary payloads, including a primary satellite and at least one secondary payload, such as...
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7866607 |
Piggyback satellite payload arrangement, a device for and method of attaching a piggyback satellite payload and adapter to be used for a piggyback satellite payload arrangement for launching the piggyback satellite
The invention relates to a piggyback satellite, a device for and a method of attaching piggyback satellites with multiple payloads, including a primary satellite and at least one secondary payload,...
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7861976 |
Latching separation system
Latching elements on a first structure are configured to securely engage corresponding bearings on a second structure, via a lateral member that drives all of the latching elements simultaneously....
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7806370 |
Large-scale deployable solar array
A deployable structure is disclosed. The deployable structure may include one or more slit-tube longerons; and one or more flat sheets coupled with the one or more slit-tube longerons. The one or...
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7766274 |
Active maple seed flyer
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has a payload or body affixed at one end of an elongated airfoil. The entire airfoil/payload combination rotates about a center of mass to define a rotor disk....
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7661628 |
Catalyzed decomposing structural payload foam and method of using same
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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7644891 |
Spacecraft low tumble linear release system
Systems and methods for releasing a spacecraft payload at a substantially constant velocity are disclosed. A linear actuator is used that includes a spring loaded and fluid filled chamber. 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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7484693 |
Centralized bus interface with single wire secondary distribution
A system for single wire secondary distribution comprising a spacecraft platform; a central bus interface unit coupled to the spacecraft platform; a payload unit coupled to the central bus...
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7464902 |
Satellite with electromagnetic control of objects
A satellite comprises a main body and, in orbit, at least one free object floating in space including a portion of the payload transferred from the main body. The free object is restricted to a...
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7445183 |
Apparatus with axis-parallel tension cables for ejecting a spin-stabilized body from a spacecraft
An apparatus for ejecting a flying body (e.g. payload recovery container) from a spacecraft includes a first ring to be secured to the spacecraft, a cable winding device that is arranged on a...
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7445182 |
Apparatus with helical tension cables for ejecting a spin-stabilized body from a spacecraft
An apparatus for ejecting a flying body such as a payload recovery container from a spacecraft includes a first ring to be releasably engaged with the flying body, a second ring to be secured to...
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7278612 |
Swaged cable deployment in space
A cable restraint/deployment mechanism is disclosed for deploying an object in space from a spacecraft. To deploy the object, the cable restraint/deployment mechanism cuts a cable attached to the...
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7246777 |
Method, apparatus, and computer program product for safe exit maneuver from dimensionally extended rotating space vehicle
There is provided methods, apparatus, and computer program products for implementing a KINSTLER maneuver for an exit vehicle that is departing from a rotating space vehicle such that the exit...
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7188558 |
Pyromechanical separating element
The invention relates to a pyromechanical separating element having a hermetically sealed pyrotechnic pressure element (2), which is installed in a housing (1) and has a gas-forming pyrotechnic...
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7156349 |
Artificial satellite
A plurality of panels are coupled rotatably by a hinge mechanism. The panels are folded when a rocket loaded with the panels is launched and unfolded in space after the artificial satellite is...
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7114683 |
Device and method for a spacecraft
The invention presented here relates to a device in a spacecraft comprising a carrier rocket, a satellite and a detachable adapter (4) for connecting a satellite to the carrier rocket, where the...
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7036773 |
Compact external launcher for small space payloads
The present invention allows a payload to be launched from the exterior of a conventional launch vehicle with little integration expense. In one example, the invention includes an aerodynamic...
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6789767 |
Active satellite dispenser for reusable launch vehicle
An active satellite dispenser is preferably attachable to a reusable launch vehicle for deployment of one or more satellites into one or more desired orbits. The active satellite dispenser includes...
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6776375 |
Payload deployment system with an internal cargo unit
A payload deployment system is described that includes an external shell or tube within which an internal cargo unit is placed. The internal cargo unit encapsulates one or more payloads and seals...
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6568639 |
Autonomous orbit transfer vehicle
An orbit transfer vehicle for transporting cargo between a low Earth orbit and a higher Earth orbit having a body and an engine operably coupled to the body. A reaction control system is further...
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6561461 |
Orbit transfer vehicle with support services
An orbit-transfer vehicle provides the navigation, propulsion, and control systems required to transport a payload satellite from a geosynchronous-transfer orbit (GTO) to a predetermined low-earth...
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6557802 |
Device for separation of a plurality of axially arranged satellites
A separation frame for mounting and separating satellites in a launch vehicle, includes two congruent frames (10, 12) are arranged one inside the other. The frames are connected to each other by...
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6550720 |
Aerobraking orbit transfer vehicle
The excess space and weight capacity that is typical of a launch of large satellites to high-energy orbits, such as a geosynchronous orbit, is used to deploy small satellites at a substantially...
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6513760 |
Logistics module system and method
An orbital vehicle (34) having a propulsion module (33) and a logistics module (36). The logistics module includes a generally cylindrical outer shell (56, 541, 542) with first and second ends. An...
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6494406 |
Rocket fairing and method of opening the same
A rocket fairing mounted on a forward section of a rocket body included in a rocket comprises a first structure formed on the fairing-base side, and including a first side wall defining a first...
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6450454 |
Spacecraft attack and distress ejectable recorder
A space vehicle includes an attachment system for attaching the vehicle to another space vehicle, a memory for storing data concerning the status of the other space vehicle and threats experienced...
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6439122 |
Separation system for missile payload fairings
In detail, the system includes at least one first pulley mounted on the first structural member and at least one-second pulley mounted on the second structural member. A cable is attached by one...
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6416018 |
Satellite dispenser
A satellite dispenser adapted to be coupled to a launch vehicle. The dispenser includes a single-piece, integrally formed tubular shell for supporting a plurality of independent satellites thereon....
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6390416 |
Reusable, separable, structural connector assembly
An easy to use, and reuse, separation connector is disclosed that comprises a first component having a plurality of leaf elements with protrusions, and a second component having a recess for...
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6357699 |
Device for controlled release of tension
A tension-relieving apparatus for reducing a level of tension in a structure. The tension-relieving apparatus includes a housing, a piston, a spacer member and a heat source. The housing has a wall...
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6357698 |
Twin lobe spacecraft dispenser apparatus and method
A dispenser apparatus and method which includes a blended dispenser shell having a lower portion and a pair of integrally formed upper support portions defining two distinct support areas on which...
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6296206 |
Cantilever, bi-level platform satellite dispenser
A cantilever, bi-level platform satellite dispenser for supporting a plurality of independently deployable satellites in a dual platform arrangement. The dispenser includes a lower platform...
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6286787 |
Small satellite GEO-to-LEO orbit transfer vehicle
The excess space and weight capacity of a conventional geosynchronous-transfer launch vehicle is used to deploy satellites to a low-earth orbit (LEO). In a preferred embodiment, an orbit-transfer...
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6276639 |
Apparatus for launching and deploying multiple satellites
An apparatus for launching and dispensing multiple satellites into orbit includes a central structure and a plurality of satellites releasably bundled around the central structure to form a...
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6220548 |
Deployed equipment modules for satellite architecture improvement
Deployed equipment modules for satellite architecture improvement (DEMSAI) provide ample thermal radiator for area-limited small satellites that typically deploy large-area solar panels from a...
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6138951 |
Spacecraft dispensing system
A dispensing system for releasing a number of spacecraft from a launch vehicle. The dispensing system includes a base support structure securely fastened to a launch vehicle and a number of stacked...
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6135391 |
Retention system for a detachable spacecraft capsule mounted on a spacecraft
The invention is a system for retaining a detachable capsule to a spacecraft, with the capsule having a heat shield with a peripheral edge. In detail; the system includes a plurality of detachable...
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6126115 |
Apparatus for retaining and releasing a payload
An apparatus for latching an object, such as a payload for a space vehicle, includes an expandible latch which is shifted between a relaxed open condition and a flexed closed condition by actuation...
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6076467 |
System for attaching and separating satellites
System for attaching and separating satellites which comprises an open ring or metal band (1) which has a channel formed in its inner perimeter, in which jaws are integrated in a discontinuous way,...
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6059234 |
Payload module
A payload module couples to a forward end of a re-entry vehicle. The payload module includes a cap and a fairing to contain a payload during ascent of the vehicle and to withstand aerodynamic...
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6029928 |
Space launch vehicles configured as gliders and towed to launch altitude by conventional aircraft
An orbital launch vehicle equipped with aerodynamic lifting surfaces is towed as a glider behind a conventional aircraft. The launch vehicle is used to place spacecraft into low earth orbit. The...
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5984235 |
Integrated launch and spacecraft propulsion system
A single-stage-to-orbit integrated launch and payload system is provided that includes a support structure, a propulsion system that is supported by the support structure and provides both launch...
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5951609 |
Method and system for autonomous spacecraft control
An autonomous control system supports autonomous operation of the a spacecraft in carrying out mission objective commands. The control system also provides autonomous fault detection, isolation and...
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5884866 |
Satellite dispenser
A dispenser that is connectable to a launch vehicle in order to deploy a plurality of satellites in orbit. The dispenser includes a post having a longitudinal axis, an assembly for coupling the...
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