Systems And Methods For Launching A Plurality Of Spacecraft

Systems and methods for launching a plurality of spacecraft, provided in a stack of spacecraft, from a launch vehicle traveling along an in-track path include releasing, in a first separation event occurring at a first time, a first spacecraft from the stack of spacecraft using a first separation fo...

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Main Authors Mansour, Sadek W, Lemke, Gary E, Flathom, Jason D, Noel, Jeffrey S
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 27.08.2020
Subjects
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
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Summary:Systems and methods for launching a plurality of spacecraft, provided in a stack of spacecraft, from a launch vehicle traveling along an in-track path include releasing, in a first separation event occurring at a first time, a first spacecraft from the stack of spacecraft using a first separation force having a first separation force in-track component along the in-track path. Subsequently, in a second separation event occurring at a second time, a second spacecraft is released from the stack of spacecraft using a second separation force having a second separation force in-track component along the in-track path, wherein the second time occurs a first time delay after the first time. The first and second separation in-track components may be different, such as by varying a magnitude of the separation force or an angle at which the spacecraft is launched.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201916283396