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Patent No.:

US 10773832 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 10, 2017

Projectile intended for damping a spacecraft and corresponding space delivery vehicle

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:

Nixon & Vanderhye

Primary Examiner:

Richard R Green

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:

Find Patent Forward Citations

Tourneur, Cyril. (2020). Projectile intended for damping a spacecraft and corresponding space delivery vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 10773832). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10773832

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