SPACECRAFT SYSTEM FOR DEBRIS DISPOSAL AND OTHER OPERATIONS AND METHODS PERTAINING TO THE SAME

• Main Authors: HRUBY VLADIMIR, BERLIN MATTHEW R, SZABO JAMES J, GRAY JESSE V, ROY THOMAS R, ANDREWS JAY, DELUCCIA CRAIG, WILLIAMS W. DAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.04.2015
• Subjects: AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR

A spacecraft system and method includes a platform with a dock and an umbilical payout device. A robot is connected to an umbilical paid out by the umbilical payout device and is repeatedly deployable from the dock. The robot includes one or more imagers, an inertial measurement unit, and a pluralit...