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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Airbus Defence and Space Sas, Toulouse, FR;
Inventors:
Cyril Tourneur, Toulouse, FR;
Kristen Lagadec, Toulouse, FR;
Assignee:
AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS, Toulouse, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/38 (2006.01); B64G 1/24 (2006.01); B64G 1/32 (2006.01); B64G 1/64 (2006.01); B64G 4/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/38 (2013.01); B64G 1/244 (2019.05); B64G 1/32 (2013.01); B64G 1/646 (2013.01); B64G 1/66 (2013.01); B64G 4/00 (2013.01); B64G 2700/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A projectile intended for damping a spacecraft () comprising a main body () and active attitude control means () comprises a harpoon and is intended to equip a space delivery vehicle to be projected towards the spacecraft. It comprises a passive damper () mounted such that it is fixed on the harpoon and suitable for generating, in cooperation with the Earth's magnetic field, a damping torque. That passive damper () comprises an outer enclosure () and an inner body () configured such that: