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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Vector Launch, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Raymond Edward Fraze, Hereford, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/10 (2006.01); B64G 1/44 (2006.01); B29C 70/42 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/56 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/10 (2013.01); B29C 65/56 (2013.01); B29C 66/20 (2013.01); B29C 66/43 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29C 70/42 (2013.01); B29C 70/54 (2013.01); B64G 1/443 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3097 (2013.01); B64G 2001/1092 (2013.01);
Abstract
A satellite configuration includes a plurality of individual satellite buses each having a number of side panels that form a polygonal shape, where the individual satellite buses collectively fit together to form the satellite configuration having a regular polygon shape. A method of producing the satellite configuration includes forming a plurality of individual satellite buses each having a polygonal shape, and fitting the individual satellite buses together to form the satellite configuration in a regular polygonal shape.