CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT DEPOT AND DEPLOYABLE SUNSHIELD

A cryogenic propellant depot and sunshield are provided for operation in earth orbit to fuel or refuel other space vehicles. The sunshield is deployed to effectively mitigate solar radiation emanating from the earth and the sun thereby providing a long term storage solution for cryogenic fluids pron...

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Main Authors ZEGLER FRANK CHARLES, DEW MICHAEL W, RAGAB MOHAMED M, KUTTER BERNARD FRIEDRICH, WILLEY CLIFF E, LIN JOHN K
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 29.07.2010
Subjects
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
BLASTING
COSMONAUTICS
FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED,LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS
HEATING
LIGHTING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
STORING OF DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED ORSOLIDIFIED GASES
WEAPONS
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Summary:A cryogenic propellant depot and sunshield are provided for operation in earth orbit to fuel or refuel other space vehicles. The sunshield is deployed to effectively mitigate solar radiation emanating from the earth and the sun thereby providing a long term storage solution for cryogenic fluids prone to boil-off. The depot has supporting subsystems to include station keeping equipment and communication equipment so that the depot can be independently controlled. Inflatable booms are used to deploy the sunshield in a desired pattern around the depot.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20090359033