Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc.

Benjamin Michael Hekman

James Garret Nicholson

William A Llorens

Michael Joseph Glogowski

Oliver Benjamin Ortiz

Kenneth Siu-Kin Chow

James Dulin Reavill

Robert Bryan Sullivan

Daniel Carl Treachler

Carlos Guillermo Niederstrasser

Mark Lieberbaum

Peter Michael Cipollo

Spacecraft servicing devices or pods and related methods may include a body configured to be deployed from a host spacecraft at a location adjacent a target spacecraft and at least one spacecraft servicing component configured to perform at least one servicing operation on the target spacecraft. The spacecraft servicing device may include a thruster assembly coupled to a boom arm, where the boom arm is configured to alter an orientation of the thruster assembly as the boom arm is rotated about the spacecraft body and a docking device.

Spacecraft servicing devices and related assemblies, systems, and methods

Spacecraft servicing devices or pods and related methods may be configured to be deployed from a carrier spacecraft and include at least one spacecraft servicing component configured to perform at least one servicing operation on the target spacecraft. The spacecraft servicing devices may be configured to be transported from an initial orbit to another orbit after the spacecraft servicing device is deployed from the carrier spacecraft.

Method of servicing a spacecraft using a pod secured by another spacecraft

Spacecraft servicing devices or pods and related methods may include a body configured to be deployed from a host spacecraft at a location adjacent a target spacecraft and at least one spacecraft servicing component configured to perform at least one servicing operation on the target spacecraft.

Spacecraft servicing pods configured to perform servicing operations on target spacecraft and related devices, assemblies, systems, and methods

Spacecraft servicing devices or pods and related methods may include a body configured to be deployed from a host spacecraft at a location adjacent a target spacecraft and at least one spacecraft servicing component configured to perform at least one servicing operation on the target spacecraft. The servicing device may include a communication device configured to receive data relating to the target spacecraft from a location remote from the spacecraft servicing device. The servicing device may include a coupling mechanism comprising at least one movable coupling configured to rotate the body relative to the target spacecraft when the spacecraft servicing pod is coupled to the target spacecraft. The at least one spacecraft servicing component may include at least one propulsion device positioned on a boom arm extending away from the body.

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Percellville, VA, United States of America

Benjamin Michael Hekman